Housing Notebook

Mon, Jul 21, 2025 20:00 PM

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Hosts: Scott Sommer and Vajra Kilgour

Topics:

Topics of general interest to tenants, especially the Met Council hotlie and organizing, plus the Youth Alliance for Housing festival on July 26 -

Synopsis:

GET IN THE GAME WITH MUTUAL AID!

Scott Sommer talked with Je Butler, the coordinator of the Met Council Mutual Aid Tenant Hotline, letting listener know how to can join in and help others, and how to be a supportive and encouraging organizer. He also spoke with Emma Rehac from the Youth Alliance for Housing about their upcoming festival in Riverside Park in Manhattan.

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

Guests:

Emma Rehac, from the Youth Alliance for Housing; Je Butler, coordinator of the Met Council Mutual Aid Tenant Hotline -

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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 – be sure to scroll down to choose Housing Notebook as the show you want to support! Or call 833-922-4692. Mail a check made out to WBAI-Pacifica to WBAI Radio, 388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217.
No walk-in clinics during the summer. For Met Council events, including trainings for hotline volunteers, check the calendar here.
Youth Power Festival and raffle for mutual aid: Saturday, July 26, 2-9 PM in Riverside Park across from Sakura Park between West 122nd Street and Tiemann Place in Manhattan. Check @youth4housing on Instagram for alternate location in case of rain.
To find a cooling center near you, go to finder.nyc.gov/coolingcenters/
New rent guidelines - for leases starting after 10/1/25 in New York City: for apartments and lofts, 3 percent for a 1-year lease, 4 1/2 percent for a 2-year lease; class A & B hotels, lodging houses, rooming houses, & SROs: 0 percent - for more detailed info, click here. Poughkeepsie still in litigation; Kingston: 0 and 0; Westchester 2% for 1 year, 3% for 2 years; Rockland County 5% for 1 year, 6% for 2 years; Nassau 1, 3

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