ACHIEVEMENTS
OUR
312
families organized at 8 severely distressed buildings. The buildings were enrolled in HPD's enforcement programs resulting in the rehabilitation and capital building-wide repairs successfully made through the program.
2,800
families living in City-owned buildings (TIL & ANCP) now have the right to succession .
RESULTS DRIVEN
69
69
families received $1 . 1 M in rent refunds (overcharge orders by DHCR)
$3.9M
$3.9M
Recovered in Rent Refunds for
families
$65M
$65M
saved to tax payers in shelter cost by preventing evictions of 1,801 families.
Tenant Organizing
We organized over 80 tenant associations including 6448 apartments. 16 buildings were enrolled in HPD’s proactive preservation program and 5 buildings were enrolled in HPD’s alternative enforcement program.
Impacted Legislation
We succeeded in helping implement program changes to 157 City-owned properties. Family members living in Tenant Interim Lease (TIL) buildings now have the right to succession which was not granted since the program inception.
Landlord Owes Tenant $112,000
A simple step of submitting a rent overcharge complaint with the Division of Housing & Community Renewal (DHCR) resulted in landlord owing tenant a tremendous amount of money.
Community residents selected P.A.'L.A.N.T.E. as a top-rated Nonprofit. We are among a distinguished few to receive this community endorsement for the last 8 consecutive years.
Top Rated
Non Profit
Families Serviced
Demystifying Housing Conference
Legal Services
139
Legal Workshops Conducted
- Assisted 1,179 Families
257
Legal Clinic Sessions
One-on-one
- Assisted 1,804 Families
SUCCESS Stories
Roommates displaced by fire find
They were left out in the cold when a raging blaze destroyed their Hamilton Heights apartment — but friends and co-workers opened the door to a new home.
better home thanks to Manhattan
housing group
Caso resuelto, temía ser desalojada
Ha vivido durante décadas en el mismo apartamento, pero su nombre nunca estuvo en el contrato de arrendamiento.
Landlord Who Owes Tenant $112,000
HAMILTON HEIGHTS — A landlord who owes a tenant $112,000 knew he was overcharging for the rent-stabilized apartment for more than 20 years but never tried to correct it, state housing officials have ruled.
For Rent Overcharge Loses Appeal
Landlord Owes Tenant $14.5K in Rent
HARLEM — Instead of paying rent on the first of the month, Antonia sends her landlord a bill.
After Overcharging Her For Years
Brooklyn mother fights for
CANARSIE, Brooklyn — Canarsie mom Michaela Bell says she worries for the safety of her two toddlers. She waited seven months in a city shelter to be transferred to an apartment on L Avenue she feels us unsafe for her kids. "It's like an obstacle course of problems. There are no window guards," said Bell.
She has a 3-year-old daughter with autism and a 1-year-old boy.
transfer out of unsafe apartments
Fire victim's return
Families successfully returned to their rent stabilized apartments paying the same amount of rent after vicious electrical fires forced the 49 families to become homeless.
after years in litigation