Working Families

Tax breaks to eliminate affordable housing? Court says no!

I’m excited to feature another one of our contestants for the Dispatches from Rental Hell Video Contest. An article about the struggle appears after the video.

We heard that some great entries were on the way, so we’ve extended the deadline to this FRIDAY, June 12th. We are of course, talking about our first ever video contest, Dispatches from Rental Hell.

Here’s an entry, from…

We’ve been all excited about this contest since the idea first came up. Will it work? What kind of submissions will we get? Will the press cover it? Time will tell. Visit rentalhell.org for more information and to enter…

This is the text of an email we received over the holiday weekend. It’s a response to our successful spoof email from Charles “Landlord” Lenchner calling on folks to fight the WFP’s efforts to support affordable housing. It’s great! Thank…

Over the last two days, we sent out some emails with a humorous take on the campaign for real rent reform. Actually… I have to take a large part of the blame. After all, the message was officially from Charles…

Well here’s something you don’t see everyday – an advocacy email from a real estate firm trying to drum up some sympathy.

Very exciting. A coalition of housing and tenant organizations have been working on reforming existing rent laws for years now – and this year they might have a chance, thanks in part to the Working Families Party. Last…

Real Rent Reform Campaign, Housing Here and Now,Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, Working Families Party

NO MORE DELAYS – STRONGER RENT LAWS NOW!

Between now and June 22, the New York State Legislature…

May 12, 2009: State Senators and housing advocates kicked off a major campaign to pass strong rent laws in Albany today.