Housing Notebook

Mon, Jul 13, 2026 20:00 PM

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Hosts: Scott Sommer and Vajra Kilgour

Topics:

Topics of general interest to tenants, particularly as politics are concerned -

Synopsis:

Scott Sommer spoke with Darius Khalil Gordon, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, about recent triumphs and the work that still has to be done.

Housing Notebook is a production of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, New York's oldest citywide tenants union.

Guests:

Darius Khalil Gordon, Executive Director, Met Council on Housing -

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Met Council hotline: 212-979-0611, M & W 1:30-8 PM, F 1:30-5 PM; metcouncilonhousing.org, thetenant.org; info@metcouncilonhousing.org; Facebook & Instagram: search for Met Council on Housing; email: housingnotebook@wbai.org – no housing problems please! X: @met_council, @wbai.org, @scottmsommer (also on threads & bluesky); wbai.org – live stream, find archive, join radio station there or go to buddy.wbai.org to become a WBAI buddy or make a one-time donation - be sure to scroll down to choose Housing Notebook as the show you want to support! Or call 833-922-4692 - leave a message with your phone number if no one picks up, and they'll call you back. Or mail a check made out to WBAI-Pacifica to WBAI Radio, 388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217 - and please put "Housing Notebook" on the memo line.
For all Met Council events, including trainings for hotline volunteers, workshops, court outreach, and meetings about basic rights, check the calendar here.
Heat and hot water: heat season is over; hot water must still be 120 degrees at the tap at all times.
Current rent guidelines: for leases starting 10/1/25 in New York City: for apartments and lofts, 3 percent for a 1-year lease, 4 1/2 percent for a 2-year lease; class A & B hotels, lodging houses, rooming houses, & SROs: 0 percent - find more detailed info here. Kingston: 0 and 0; Westchester 2% for 1 year, 3% for 2 years; Rockland County 5% for 1 year, 6% for 2 years; Nassau 2% for one year, 3% for 2 years. For more information about developments in Kingston and Poughkeepsie, contact For the Many: email info@forthemany.org or call 845-481-0703.
New rent guidelines: for leases starting 10/1/26 in New York City, for all rent-stabilized housing: 0 percent for a 1-year lease, 0 percent for a 2-year lease - more detailed information is here. Westchester: 3.5% for 1 year, 4.5% for 2 years; Nassau county: 1.5% for 1 year, 2.5% for 2 years; Rockland county: 5% for 1 year, 6% for 2 years; Kingston: no new guidelines yet.

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