All items tagged 'Housing Rights'

Housing Rights Staff Attorney

Collaborate directly with housing organizers and tenant association members to build power within the NYC housing movement.

Despite New Owner’s Promised Upgrades, ‘100% Affordable’ Atlantic Yards Building Endures Hot Water Outages, Broken Door, Even Bees

The website for 38 Sixth Ave. promises a “luxurious urban affordable apartment lifestyle." The reality, tenants say, has been dismaying.”

Fighting Back in Flatbush

Tenants in a Flatbush prewar apartment complex join together to take on one of New York’s most notorious property companies.

Nova Rivera (she/her) is an Advocacy Coordinator/Paralegal in the Housing Rights area. She is a queer undocumented immigrant from Peru and has held various roles in the housing, labor, and immigrant rights movements. More recently, Nova spent the last few

Colin Kent-Daggett

Colin Kent-Daggett (he/him) is an Advocacy Coordinator/Paralegal in the Housing Rights practice area. Before joining TakeRoot, he worked in Brooklyn as a tenant organizer and worked in Providence, Rhode Island as a political organizer and advocate. He was born and

Brooklyn tenants fear evictions, rally for support

Tenants of 63 Tiffany Place in Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn and city leaders rallied to pressure their landlord to halt rent hikes and evictions.

Why a ‘Startling Number’ of Low-Income Tenants Face Eviction Cases

Some of the biggest providers of housing for mentally ill and formerly homeless New Yorkers have sued tenants for unpaid rent. While few have been evicted, critics call the process cruel and unnecessary. Read more at The New York Times.

Council Bills Aim to Combat Illegal Evictions

City Councilmember Sandy Nurse (D-Brooklyn) is introducing a package of bills that aims to curb illegal evictions, citing THE CITY’s reporting on tenants locked out of their apartments by landlords. Titled the Stop Illegal Evictions Act, the four bills Nurse