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☆ One New Yorker won $150,000 when she found out her landlord had been overcharging her. Now a bunch more tenants are using stabilization laws to get money back and pay cheaper rent.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

AdvertisementAs TikTok becomes the new town square for all things economic transparency, the latest target of populist ire is New York City landlords. Several videos that have recently gone viral show viewers how to look into their rent histories and call out examples of potentially illegal hikes. Wait times for rent histories are now at 20 business days, up from 10 in late January, as a result of "social media activity." Klenkar has made TikToks about her old apartment and rent histories and has had "lots" of people reach out with their own rent histories. More may be on their way as New Yorkers seem to be requesting their rent histories en masse.

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☆ New Yorkers are flooding a government website to figure out if they're overpaying for rent
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Eliza Relman | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A spokesperson for DHCR told Business Insider the "surge" in rent history requests is "unprecedented." Mohamed said that since she posted that TikTok, hundreds of people have emailed openigloo asking for help deciphering the rent history information they've received from DHCR. Diana Prendergast, a 27-year-old recording artist who lives in New York, requested her rent history after learning about it from TikTok. She said she's still awaiting her rent history. Did you request your rent history, or discover you were being overcharged?

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☆ New York will pay homeowners up to $125,000 to build an ADU in their backyard to help ease the nation's housing shortage
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York allocated $85 million to pay homeowners for building ADUs in their backyards. The state has given out $23.4 million to go to homeowners from the Buffalo area to New York City. As of August 15, the Empire State has spent $23.4 million doing so, according to New York State Homes and Community Renewal, which is in charge of the funds. miller.photo for VillaMany cities, in New York and beyond, have eased zoning ordinances to allow homeowners to build additional living units on their property. In California — where the housing crisis is especially dire — the state legislature even overrode local zoning ordinances, to allow all homeowners to build on their property.

Persons: Jolie Milstein, Kathy Hochul, HCR, miller.photo, Milstein Organizations: Service, Empire State, New York State Homes, Community, New York State Association for Affordable Housing, of, Villa, California —, Spectrum Locations: York, Buffalo, New York City, Wall, Silicon, Ulster County, Amherst, of New York City, Westchester, San Jose, New York, California

☆ These states will pay you to build a tiny home in your backyard
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Building backyard tiny homes can be expensive. There are three states that will help with the cost, by providing homeowners with grant money. These backyard homes, called accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are small housing units that homeowners can build on their property. In California, where most backyard homes are being built, ADU building permits cost anywhere from $450 to $15,000 — even before construction starts, according to Backyard Unlimited, a company that builds ADUs. Insider reached out to all 50 states to learn which pay homeowners to build ADUs.

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☆ Brooklyn man claims landlord is trying to push him out of his $450 apartment with live chickens running in yard and green liquid seeping from the ceiling
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Toonkel said the landlord couldn't gain access to Roberts' apartment because of a "hoarding problem." He didn't specifically address the chickens near Roberts' apartment. Roberts' rent is regulated by New York City rent-stabilization laws, which generally cover buildings built between 1947 and 1974. Roberts told Legal Services NYC, an advocacy group working on his case, that he'd voiced concerns about the state of the building to previous owners. This is heartless," Roberts told Legal Services NYC.

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