The NYC rent freeze is officially in effect! Starting October 1st, rent-stabilized tenants will see ZERO increase on both 1-year and 2-year leases — a historic victory for 2.4 million New Yorkers. Joanne Grell organizer with Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA) and co-chair of the Rent Freeze campaign, breaks down how tenants fought back, collected over 20,000 petition signatures, and pushed the Rent Guidelines Board to finally listen.
We also discuss:
Landlords hoarding empty rent-stabilized apartments while 100,000 families sleep in shelters
Rents rising 12% under Eric Adams and 200,000 New Yorkers of color forced out in 20 years
The REST Act to expand rent protections upstate
The Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP) and why $50M isn’t enough
Joanne’s personal story of raising three kids in a rent-stabilized apartment — and her son’s connection to the film “Mad Bills to Pay”
The tenant movement isn’t slowing down. As Joanne puts it: “We are a wave, and we are not playing.”
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