Housing Notebook

• Topics of general interest to tenants; the struggle of residents of Fulton and Elliott - Chelsea Houses to save their homes from the demolition and privatization of their homes

SAVE FULTON ELLIOTT-CHELSEA HOUSES

The residents of Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses are in a battle to save their homes from NYCHA 's broken promises, and the demolition and privatization of their homes. We spoke with journalist Steve Wishnia and tenant leaders to hear the latest.

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

• Renee Keitt, tenant leader at Elliott - Chelsea Houses; Jackie Lara, tenant leader at Fulton Houses; Steven Wishnia, journalist with Work

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• Walk-in clinics are starting up again: Tuesday, January 27, at 6 PM at CUNY in the Heights, 5030 Broadway - arrive by 6 PM; for all Met Council events, including trainings for hotline volunteers, workshops, and meetings about basic rights, check the calendar here.

• For more information about the tenant takeover outreach blitz, check the Met Council calendar or click here.

• Heat and hot water: from 6am to 10pm, when the outside temperature is below 55 degrees the inside temperature must be 68 degrees; from 10pm to 6am, the inside temperature must be at least 62 degrees. Hot water must be 120 degrees at the tap at all times. For more information, click here.

• New rent guidelines: for leases starting 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 - find more detailed info here. Kingston: 0 and 0; Westchester 2% for 1 year, 3% for 2 years; Rockland County 5% for 1 year, 6% for 2 years; Nassau 2% for one year, 3% for 2 years. For more information about developments in Kingston and Poughkeepsie, contact For the Many: email info@forthemany.org or call 845-481-0703.