Housing Notebook

Mon, Sep 14, 2026 20:00 PM

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Hosts: Scott Sommer and Vajra Kilgour

Topics:

Topics of general interest to tenants, including the growth of tenant movements in Spain and Met Council's annual all - member meeting

Synopsis:

BUILDING TENANT POWER EVERYWHERE

Scott Sommer hosted a conversation with Joao Franca from La PAH (Plataforma de Afectadas por la Hipoteca) Barcelona International Committee about organizing in Spain around a variety of tenant issues. Andrea Shapiro, Director of Programs and Advocacy at Met Council, spoke about the upcoming Met Council All Member meeting.

Housing Notebook is a production of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, New York's oldest citywide tenants union.

Guests:

Joao Franca, La PAH Barcelona International Committee; Andrea Shapiro, Director of Programs and Advocacy at Met Council -

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Info / Links:

Met Council hotline: 212-979-0611: M & W 1:30-8 PM, F 1:30-5 PM; metcouncilonhousing.org, thetenant.org; info@metcouncilonhousing.org; Facebook & Instagram: search for Met Council on Housing; email: housingnotebook@wbai.org – no housing problems please! X: @met_council, @wbai.org, @scottmsommer (also on threads & bluesky); wbai.org – live stream, find archive, join radio station there or go to buddy.wbai.org to become a WBAI buddy or make a one-time donation - be sure to scroll down to choose Housing Notebook as the show you want to support! Or call 833-922-4692 - leave a message with your phone number if no one picks up, and they'll call you back. Or mail a check made out to WBAI-Pacifica to WBAI Radio, 388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217 - and please put "Housing Notebook" on the memo line.
Walk-in clinics are scheduled to resume in October. For all other Met Council events, including trainings for hotline volunteers, workshops, court outreach, chapter meetings, and meetings about basic rights, check upcoming events here.
Events announced: International Housing Panel with la PAH, Met Council, and CASA: Tuesday, September 15, at 7 PM at The People's Forum, 320 West 37th Street; Met Council's annual meeting, with workshops and plans for the future, Saturday, September 19, from 10am to 5pm, at 114 West 26th St, 3rd Floor. .
Heat and hot water: heat season does not start again until October 1; hot water must still be 120 degrees at the tap at all times.
New rent guidelines: for leases starting 10/1/26 in New York City, for all rent-stabilized housing: 0 percent for a 1-year lease, 0 percent for a 2-year lease - more detailed information is here. Westchester: 3.5% for 1 year, 4.5% for 2 years; Nassau county: 1.5% for 1 year, 2.5% for 2 years; Rockland county: 5% for 1 year, 6% for 2 years; Kingston: no new guidelines yet.

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