Category: Tenants’ Rights

Tenants in New York State has a legal right to safe and habitable homes. It is called the Warranty of Habitability. When this right is violated by a landlord tenants have a legal right to withhold their rent. This means that if you have no hot water, no heat, rodent…

In 2013, a class-action lawsuit was brought against NYCHA on behalf of tenants with asthma who needed abatement of toxic mold in their apartments. The plaintiffs negotiated a consent decree with NYCHA which put together a program of mold abatement standards and requirements that NYCHA has to follow throughout the…

Tenants in NYC have a robust and growing set of rights that have been won through past organizing. This printable one pager gives you an overview of the rights you're entitled to, some insight into the meaningful role tenant organizing, or tenants who are purusing their right to housing collectively,…

Since January, the Justice For All Coalition has worked with more than 100 tenants to submit formal letters of complaint. These letters document the repair needs in their apartments and buildings, and are sent to their local housing management office. The letters are completed on JustFix.nyc's website (https://justfix.nyc/); they have…

After they won the right to counsel for NYC tenants, the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition wanted to contextualize their win in the context of the history of the tenant movement, so that they could think strategically about how to use the new legislation to build the power of the…

Tenants in NYC have a robust and growing set of rights that have been won through past organizing. This printable one pager gives you an overview of the rights you’re entitled to, some insight into the meaningful role tenant organizing, or tenants who are purusing their right to housing collectively,…