Housing Notebook

Mon, May 12, 2025 20:00 PM

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Hosts: Scott Sommer and Vajra Kilgour

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Topics of general interest to tenants, especially the push to get the REST Act passed in the state legislature, so local communities can have rent stabilization more easily -

Synopsis:

SUPPORT FOR REST ACT GROWS

Now that the State Budget has been passed, efforts to pass legislation in Albany to broaden rent regulations and eviction protections is intensifying. Last week the Kingston Common Council passed a resolution in support of the Rent Emergency Stabilization for Tenants (REST) Act. Brahvan Ranga, from For the Many, was Scott Somer's guest.

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

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Brahvan Ranga, Political Director, For the Many -

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For all Met Council events, including those mentioned on air, find the calendar here. Training for volunteers will be Thursday, May 29, 6-8 pm, at the Met Council office; Citywide Rally to Freeze the Rent will take place on Thursday, May 15, at 6 pm, at Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 West 138th St in Manhattan.
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