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
$3.9M
$65M
Tenant Organizing
Impacted Legislation
Landlord Owes Tenant $112,000
Top Rated
Non Profit
Families Serviced
Demystifying Housing Conference
Legal Services
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139
Legal Workshops Conducted
- Assisted 1,179 Families
257
Legal Clinic Sessions
One-on-one
- Assisted 1,804 Families
SUCCESS Stories
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
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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.
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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