#rent-control

#rent-control

Mamdani's ambitious housing plan includes a four-year freeze on rent in 2.4 million stabilized units, constructing 200,000 affordable apartments, and fully staffing city housing agencies.

This is rank corporate greed that Hoboken will not tolerate because it's having a direct impact on families in the city.

"With the passage of this first-in-the-state legislation, we are putting corporate landlords on notice: if you're using software like RealPage to coordinate rent hikes, you're breaking the law - and now, tenants and the city have the tools to hold you accountable."

"A landlord can choose to increase the rent 30% to 40% in some cases, that's come up a lot. That experience of not feeling you have control of your home, especially if you're a renter."

This is a critical test because the rules and the data are so clear. Yet, for some unfathomable reason, the Planning Department staff is recommending that the commission side with the landlord.

"In 1994, I was back in the Bay Area after college, searching for a place to call home after my father's death."

"Doug Ford has spent the last seven years treating Toronto like his personal political playground—settling scores, meddling in municipal affairs and making life worse for the people who actually live here."