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Crackdown on Landlord Coercion

A new task force will investigate and bring enforcement actions – including criminal charges – against NYC landlords who harass tenants. Full Story

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From a good landlord who was always a good tenant
February 24, 2015 9:44 am

During the 1970s and the next few decades, the laws became more and more protective of the rights of tenants. This was necessary, for sure. BUT, the laws are way too difficult against the landlords now. Did you know that a person who’s in your home as a guest for more than a month can get away with staying longer and claiming that you agreed to rent to them for free? Sometimes that person can also behave in a manner that drives out the owner, and then that “guest” can make claim to take over your property, stealing it right… Read more »

From a good landlord who was always a good tenant
February 24, 2015 12:55 am

During the 1970s and the next few decades, the laws became more and more protective of the rights of tenants. This was necessary, for sure. BUT, the laws are way too difficult against the landlords now. Did you know that a person who’s in your home as a guest for more than a month can get away with staying longer and claiming that you agreed to rent to them for free? Sometimes that person can also behave in a manner that drives out the owner, and then that “guest” can make claim to take over your property, stealing it right… Read more »

Too expensive?
February 23, 2015 6:27 pm

Move! No one is forcing you to live in Brooklyn, there are much cheaper places to live, places with better quality of life, places where it’s safe for kids to play outdoors, places with shuls and schools and everything a frum family needs, where you can buy a home for less than you are paying for rent in Brooklyn. If you opt to live in CH, don’t complain about prices, it’s the fact that you and others opt to live there that raises those prices in the first place.

More Regulation and Crack Down = Higher rent
February 22, 2015 11:04 pm

Landlords are often mean stingy rich people who are willing to make a tenant miserable just to earn a few more dollars.

Tenants could also be unfair.

However there are already not enough apartments in Brooklyn. The more the landlords are regulated and prosecuted – the less people are willing to rent out, less people are willing to build and invest. – = Higher prices.

No mesira
February 22, 2015 9:52 pm

We each need Hashem’s brochos. No matter what someone does to us, please take a look at Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer, Siman 26 and the RaMo there before thinking about mesira.

Even in cases in which we’d be going lifnim mishuras hadin (and in most cases it’s not going “lifnim”), we all need for Hashem to deal with each of us lifnim mishuras hadin. And Hashem will certainly reward and bless.

ch resident
February 22, 2015 2:48 pm

I don’t either like the ridiculous prices of renting an apartment I don’t care about the excuse that the landlords keep saying that they need to live also they could live just fine even if it would be a bit cheaper its not fear how thees people take advantage of others its got to be stopped soon they are making it very difficult for people to live!

To #1 we have worst
February 22, 2015 2:29 pm

Our landlords can bring down the price to help frum yidden, instead they rent and sell to blacks and yuppies for more cash, forcing jews out of crown heights

Larry
February 21, 2015 8:31 pm

Thank God we don’t have those issues in our neighborhood

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