What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? March 28, 2025

Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.

Homes in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Photo by Adi Talwar.

Welcome to “What Happened in NYC Housing This Week?” where we compile the latest local news about housing, land use and homelessness. Know of a story we should include in next week’s roundup? Email us.

ICYMI, from City Limits:

We’re hosting a mayoral forum on April 7, where we’ll ask the candidates who want to run the city about their plans for NYCHA, and addressing family homelessness. RSVP today!

City marshals must post notices of eviction online within 24 hours of serving them in person or face discipline, according to new rules. The enforcement comes after a City Limits investigation found some marshals were not complying with a state law aimed at offering more transparency in how evictions are carried out.

Meet the grassroots groups working to organize Bushwick tenants against evictions, poor conditions, and rent hikes.

As the state budget deadline approaches, a bill to update New York’s solar tax credit is looking likely to pass with it. Supporters say the changes would make it easier for low-to-middle income homeowners to access the benefit, and help them afford the costs of installing solar panels.

Neighborhood volunteers who rallied to support immigrants housed in the giant tent shelter at Floyd Bennett Field are finding new ways to help those families, even after the city shuttered the site last month.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to make it easier to hospitalize New Yorkers involuntarily would only further marginalize people experiencing homelessness and mental health challenges, says oped author Victor M. Herrera.

ICYMI, from other local newsrooms:

A firm contracted to provide security and fire watch at NYCHA developments is accused of having falsified timesheets for guards who “frequently abandoned their posts or failed to show up for work,” according to The City.

The Rent Guidelines Board is once again debating annual rent adjustments for stabilized tenants across the city. Its latest report found that landlords saw a 12 percent increase in revenue this year, lending credence to tenant advocates who’ve been calling for a rent freeze. But property owner groups say older regulated buildings are still struggling to keep up with repair costs, NY1 reported.

The Trump administration will end funding for federal Emergency Housing Vouchers next year, four years ahead of schedule—jeopardizing nearly 8,000 households in the city that relay on the subsidies to pay their rent, according to Gothamist.

The City Council passed a package of bills intended to get unsightly sidewalk sheds down faster, the Daily News reports.

A group of conservative lawmakers are suing in an attempt to overturn Mayor Eric Adams City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan, claiming it violated environmental review laws, according to amNY.

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