CIty News | Housing and Land Use

As affordable housing concerns heighten, Community Board 9 calls upon Columbia to preserve rent-regulated units

By Lola Lafia / Staff Photographer

Community members have long worried about rising rent prices and subsequent resident displacement as a result of Columbia’s 17-acre expansion and unchecked luxury real estate development, as well as efforts by predatory landlords to force out low-income tenants and convert their rent-regulated units into market-rate housing.

By Lucy Brenner • December 1, 2020 at 4:21 AM

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