Sentences with phrase «of apartment tenants»

Renters insurance policies help to protect the personal property of apartment tenants throughout the Northwestern Queens area, from Forest Hills to Hunters Point.

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When I got started, most of the people I talked to about apartments immediately told me that owning multi-family buildings is a nightmare and that I would have difficulties with tenants at midnight when the plumbing sprang a leak.

Hundreds of tenants in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood, for example, have been withholding payments for more than two months to protest steep rent hikes in apartments meant to be rent - controlled.

He's renovated properties, built new apartments and is attracting corporate tenants — Twitter put its first Michigan office in one of Gilbert's buildings.

The apartments there will feature amenities like keyless entry systems, which make it easy for a tenant to check short - term guests in and out of their homes, remotely.

Still, one of the big remaining questions is how much of the additional cost homebuyers, apartment renters and office tenants will be willing to pay.

This is often an excellent way to acquire larger apartment complexes or commercial buildings, as the owners may want to continue receiving an income but not want the hassle of dealing with tenants.

If your new home has any detached living units like a basement apartment, you can also propose to find a tenant and add the estimated rent as part of your income in the application.

Rates are for informational purposes only; actual quotes will differ based on the size of tenants» apartment, location, and coverage selected.

The landlord of a federally subsidized apartment complex where 80 tenants were forced to evacuate just before Hurricane Irma struck is in legal trouble with the city of Miami.

The risks associated with home - sharing services, such as Airbnb, are not exclusive to tenants of apartments (there any also many homes listed on home - sharing service websites).

Co-sponsoring Eggman's bill was the California Solar Energy Industries Association, which notes the challenge of installing solar panels on any multi-unit apartment building is far greater than on a single - family home, especially for a building housing low - income tenants.

One of my tenants called me because the apartment's plumbing was backed up and water was flooding into the kitchen sink.

The man who owned the apartment complex issued a statement that because of costs, he would not be replacing the units immediately and that the tenants would have to find alternative means of cooling their apartments.

Here's to good tenants in your apartment building of self!

They marched, they prayed and they made emotional pleas, but tenants from a low - income complex in Glen Ellyn could not get assurances from village staff that their apartment buildings will be left out of a proposed taxing district for Roosevelt Road.

Also, there appears to be a lot of amended language in this bill that requires tenants to file taxes in New York City if they want to keep their apartments.

A group of about 60 apartment tenants is suing one of New York City's largest landlords, alleging that Stellar Management illegally overcharged tenants for four years.

At noon, elected officials, including LG candidate and Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams, tenants from rent regulated and NYCHA apartments and Upstate / Downstate Housing Alliance members, deliver thousands of signatures to the governor, demanding that housing be a priority in this year's budget, Cuomo's office, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.

The NYC Housing Authority's re-inspections of its apartments for lead paint are still flawed and leave kids «at serious risk,» a lawyer for some tenants says in new court papers.

This week, New York City Housing Authority tenants who are leaders of Metro Industrial Areas Foundation and New York City council members will launch an inspection tour of NYCHA properties citywide to highlight dangerous conditions in their homes and apartment buildings.

Kavanagh appeared at the Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association meeting, focusing his remarks on legislation to repeal loopholes in the rent laws, like his bills, passed in the Assembly, to reform the system of major capital improvement (MCI) charges that are added to rent bills and to eliminate «vacancy bonuses» landlords get when tenants leave their aparTenants Association meeting, focusing his remarks on legislation to repeal loopholes in the rent laws, like his bills, passed in the Assembly, to reform the system of major capital improvement (MCI) charges that are added to rent bills and to eliminate «vacancy bonuses» landlords get when tenants leave their apartenants leave their apartments.

All the Senate Republicans and their real estate patrons got was a preservation of most of the deregulation provisions, what opponents call «loopholes,» created in the 1990s, as well as a three - year extension of 421 - a benefits, and no legislatively required increase in governmental oversight of apartment deregulation, which was another thing the tenants had been hoping for.

And landlords will now only be able to increase rent for individual apartment improvements one sixtieth, versus one fourtieth, the cost of the improvement, though only in buildings with 36 or more units, something landlords claim will worsen housing conditions for tenants.

Further, landlords strenuously opposed the tenant - friendly increase of decontrol thresholds — the amount of monthly rent above which apartments can go market rate, from $ 2,000 a month to $ 2,500, and the raising of the tenant - income limit from $ 175,000 to $ 200,000.

They «included the creation of a Tenant Protection Unit that protects rents from unscrupulous landlords and returned more than 37,000 unlawfully deregulated apartments to rent regulation.

At 11:30 a.m., The members of the Independent Democratic Conference will present the investigative report with a new survey of tenants on mold and mold remediation in NYCHA apartments.

Mr. Rangel spoke to the Observer shortly after addressing a rally for more tenant - friendly rent stabilization — including the elimination of preferential rents, preventing landlords from removing vacant apartments from the rent control program and making charges for major capital improvements temporary rather than a permanent — in his native Harlem.

The landlord claimed it was done after several instances of non-payment, which the tenants dispute; but ultimately, it led to the tenants leaving the apartment they'd occupied for more than five years.

The building would provide one -, two - and three - bedroom apartments for tenants from a mix of income brackets, with sliding - scale rents ranging from near - market rate to significantly below.

That law allows landlords to take vacant apartments out of regulation when the next tenant's rent will exceed $ 2,500.

Both fall short of what Mr. Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio and tenant leaders called for: an end to vacancy decontrol, whereby a property owner may remove an apartment from the rent control program if it becomes unoccupied.

She applauded the mayor's two years of rent freezes for tenants in regulated apartments and his recent update to his plan to create or preserve 200,000 affordable housing units by 2024 to cover more low - income individuals, but wants the city to go farther.

Mr. Kavanagh, a Democrat who represents the East Side of Manhattan, said the vacancy allowance had risen to the top of tenants» demands because it also helped landlords surpass the $ 2,700 threshold that allowed them to take an apartment out of rent stabilization.

«When a rent stabilized tenant moves out of an apartment, through the eviction bonus and preferential rent, which I have, the rent skyrockets,» said Cora Perceval, a member of advocacy group Tenants and Neighbors.

The Assembly Democrats had been pushing for a host of tougher tenant protections, including the end of a provision that allows apartments to become unregulated once they become vacant and their monthly rents hit at least $ 2,500.

The Rent Guidelines Board says most tenants in rent - stabilized apartments spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities, which is the federal standard for affordable housing.

Developers in the program would choose from a menu of three options that would require them to create apartments for tenants of differing income ranges, particularly targeting low and middle - income earners.

627 is a much - needed legislation that seeks to protects tenants from being harassed by landlords who are looking to kick them out of their apartments.

They called for the elimination of a loophole that lets landlords boost rent by 20 percent when tenants vacate a rent - stabilized apartment, as well as a rule that removes units from rent regulations once the rent gets high enough, allowing units to go to market - rate prices.

In his remarks, Commissioner / CEO Darryl C. Towns welcomed guests and reiterated Governor Cuomo's commitment to protecting tenants and making information readily accessible to both tenants and owners of rent - regulated apartments.

A class - action lawsuit has been filed by the Legal Aid Society on behalf of tenants in two Sunset Park apartment buildings who alleged that the landlord discriminated against them and made them prove citizenship before agreeing to renew their leases.

From now on, developers will get the benefit of loosened height and density restrictions, but they'll have to set aside 25 to 30 percent of new apartments for middle - class and lower - middle class tenants.

Rep. Brian Higgins encountered anger and frustration from some Commodore Perry public housing tenants when he held a press conference there to tout his idea of renovating rows of empty, rundown apartments into low - and moderate - income units — and perhaps some market - rate housing, as well.

«We are making progress but the Senate's failure to act last night was unacceptable and a betrayal of the one million tenants living in rent protected apartments.

Tenant activists said the structure of the rent deal would lead to more deregulated apartments, but most of the Democratic legislators who stood with them noted regulations did not lapse, and said some steps were taken to slow the losses.

Instead of just treating the apartment where a tenant has complained, the owners will now also have to inspect and treat apartments next to, below and above the infested unit.

During the floor debate, Senator Cathy Young, chairwoman of the chamber's housing committee, defended the legislation saying it «would give eight years of predictability and stability» for tenants in rent regulated apartments.

While still smarting from last year's brawl with real estate interests, advocates for tenants have renewed their push for rent law reform this year, arguing that current policies are continuing to decimate the ranks of rent - controlled apartments and making it harder for low - income families to live in the city.

In the past, legislators and governors have used the sunset date to shift the balance from tenants to landlords, with what's known as vacancy decontrol, once the monthly price of an apartment and the tenants» income reach a certain threshold.