Sunday, June 27, 2010

Rent board fattens city tenant’s wallets – just a bit!

On June 24th, the NYC Rent Guidelines Board adopted renewal lease guidelines for rent stabilized apartments, lofts and hotels.

One million rent-stabilized city tenants caught a break last night when the Rent Guidelines Board voted to hike rents by 2.25 percent and 4.5 percent for one- and two-year lease renewals, the lowest increases since 2002.

According to the NY Post, “They threw a bone to the tenants and threw the owners into the water,” fumed Jack Freund, executive vice president of the Rent Stabilization Association, which represents 25,000 landlords.

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