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Six Shocking Facts about Airbnb in Ulster County and New York State
December 9, 2019Airbnb didn’t exist in 2007. Today, three out of every 100 Ulster County housing units is listed on Airbnb. Every real estate sale, rent increase and property tax assessment in … Read More
13 Reasons Why Kingston Needs Rent Stabilization
October 17, 2019The City of Kingston might opt into the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA). It is a law that was enacted to help protect renters in places where there’s a 5% … Read More
Good Cause Evictions Would Protect 3,000 Kingston Families from Gentrification
May 16, 2019There are a total of 5,897 apartment units in Kingston. 1,197 of them are already subsidized in some way through grants or other funding sources. Examples: Broadway East Town Homes, … Read More
Will the Kingstonian help or hurt our housing crisis?
April 5, 2019In 2016: the Bonura Group proposed the $30M Water Club; 136 “market-rate” apartments in Poughkeepsie’s downtown, featuring a parking garage, private pool, gym, and rooftop terrace. The target market, according … Read More
Study: Ulster County Evictions Increased by 57% Since 2013
March 18, 2019The story of local real estate and housing is a tale of two Ulster counties: on one hand, the median home sale price increased from $200,000 in 2016 to $218,000 … Read More
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The Real Deal: Game Over
July 1, 2019“As multifamily landlords weigh the potential benefits of leaving the city behind, recent efforts to introduce tighter rent laws upstate in Kingston could complicate those plans. That city is considering … Read More
The River: The Rent is Too Damn High in the Hudson Valley
June 27, 2019“If there’s one city where rampant development and housing reform have been on a collision course, it’s Kingston, a place that figures to be a testing ground for the efficacy … Read More
Hudson Valley One: Passed by state, rent reform coming to the Hudson Valley
June 20, 2019Major changes to New York’s housing laws could offer additional protections to renters here in the Hudson Valley. The revamped version of 1974’s Emergency Tenant Protection Act will also open … Read More
Hudson Valley One: Tenants mobilize in the Hudson Valley and beyond
June 18, 2019“With Nassau County-based developer E&M Management on the verge of purchasing the Stony Run apartment complex on Hurley Avenue in Kingston, tenant-advocacy groups held a press conference on June 6 … Read More
The Nation: In the Heart of Real-Estate Power, a Housing Movement Nears Victory
June 17, 2019“By noon, loud chants filled the vaulted lobby outside Cuomo’s executive suite as roughly 100 tenants with the Upstate-Downstate Housing Alliance pressed their government for new protections. “Whose housing crisis?” … Read More