After hitting the pause button during the pandemic, the eviction machinery in New York City, one of the world’s most expensive housing markets, will likely soon start firing up again.

For roughly 16 months, the city’s renters have been shielded from eviction under broad protections imposed by the federal government and New York state to keep people in their homes during the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/coronavirus">coronavirus outbreak</a>.

But those safeguards are soon expected to come to an end, setting off alarms about the fate of struggling tenants who owe months of unpaid rent, cannot make their next payments and could face homelessness.

Nearly 500,000 households in New York City have rent arrears that collectively total more than $2.2 billion, according to an analysis of census data by the National Equity Atlas, a research group associated with the University of Southern California.

At the same time, the financial challenges facing many tenants are squeezing smaller landlords who rely on rent to pay their own bills.

When do eviction protections expire in New York?

The federal moratorium, enacted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been extended several times throughout the pandemic but is now scheduled to expire at the end of July. After an additional one-month extension in June, the agency said that the protections would likely lapse for good this month.

But tenants across New York state will have another month of protections under a state eviction moratorium, which expires at the end of August. New York state officials have not given any indication that the moratorium will be extended again, as it has been multiple times during the pandemic.

What assistance is available for tenants and landlords?

New York state has set aside $2.7 billion in financial aid, largely from the federal government, that tenants can request through an application the state launched in June. If their applications are approved, up to a year’s worth of unpaid rent will be covered, as well as a year’s worth of unpaid utilities. Lower-income tenants can qualify for an additional three months of rental payments. The payments go directly to the landlord.

There are some restrictions. To qualify, households must earn less than 80% of the area median income, or under $95,450 for a family of four in New York City. Landlords who accept the money cannot, in most cases, raise the rent or try to evict the tenant for at least a year.

Both landlords and tenants can start the application process, but property owners, who are required to provide additional information for the application, can choose not to participate. New York City officials are encouraging renters whose landlords opted out to complete the application anyway, saying that it could be used as a defense in housing court.

More than 160,000 completed applications have been filed in New York state, with about three-quarters of them from renters and landlords in New York City, the state said. Yet, the flow of aid to renters has been among the slowest in the country, records show, hobbled by technical glitches and errors that have forced applicants to restart the lengthy process from the beginning.

By the end of June, New York was one of just two states that had not yet sent out financial assistance to renters. As of last week, state officials said, only a small amount had been disbursed — $117,000 — in order to test the payment system. But on Monday, another $700,000 in aid was distributed, the state said, and additional payments will be made daily.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that the state would be rolling out a revamped application process to streamline and speed up the process. The state said it would take until the end of August to disburse the funds from the approved applications.

How many eviction cases are pending in housing court?

More than 62,000 eviction cases have been filed in New York City Housing Court since the start of the pandemic, according to the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. The number of cases in New York City represent 20% of all eviction cases filed in the 29 cities tracked by the Eviction Lab, a group that includes other large cities like Houston, Phoenix and Austin, Texas.

While the courts have allowed cases to be filed during the pandemic, nearly all of them are on pause without scheduled hearings until after the eviction moratorium ends. Lucian Chalfen, a spokesperson for the state’s Office of Court Administration, said housing courts were preparing for the possibility of reopening in September, after the state moratorium lapses, and resuming in-person trials later that month.

It is too early to estimate how many cases will be on the docket when court reopens. Between 400-800 new housing cases are filed in New York City every week, the Eviction Lab said, but the cases in which landlords collect federal rental assistance will not move forward in court.

Which New York City neighborhoods have the most eviction cases?

The same areas in the Bronx that had high rates of eviction cases before the pandemic — notably the neighborhoods of Belmont, Fordham, High Bridge and Longwood — remained at the top during the past 16 months. In fact, eight of the Top 10 ZIP codes with the highest rates of eviction cases filed during the pandemic are in the Bronx.

For example, more than 7% of the households in the ZIP Code 10468, which encompasses parts of Fordham and Kingsbridge, have had an eviction case filed against them during the pandemic, according to an analysis for the The New York Times by Lucy Block at the Association for Neighborhood &amp; Housing Development, a coalition of housing nonprofits in New York City.

Working-class neighborhoods in the Bronx have been among the hardest hit in the pandemic, as they are home to many residents whose jobs in the service and hospitality industries were some of the first to be eliminated and have been slower to come back.

How much do renters owe in back rent?

Renters who have been sued in housing court owe an average of $8,150 in unpaid rent, according to the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development. But the actual amount is likely much higher because most court cases are not updated to reflect missed payments in the months after the lawsuit was filed.

Khalifa Thiam, who lives in a one-bedroom apartment in the Fordham area of the Bronx, was sued in housing court in December. His landlord said he owed $5,890.06 for not paying his full monthly rent of $990.60 from May to December of last year, according to court records.

But Thiam, 45, who lost his job at a menswear shop on Fordham Road in March 2020, has not found a new job and is still unable to afford rent. For several months late last year, after an extra federal unemployment payment of $600 per week expired, Thiam said he was living on $119 a week after making child support payments.

After hitting the pause button during the pandemic, the eviction machinery in New York City, one of the world’s most expensive housing markets, will likely soon start firing up again.

After hitting the pause button during the pandemic, the eviction machinery in New York City, one of the world’s most expensive housing markets, will likely soon start firing up again. For roughly 16 months, the city’s renters have been shielded from eviction under broad protections imposed by the federal government and New York state to keep people in their homes during the coronavirus outbreak. But those safeguards are soon expected to come to an end, setting off alarms about the fate of struggling tenants who owe months of unpaid rent, cannot make their next payments and could face homelessness. Nearly 500,000 households in New York City have rent arrears that collectively total more than $2.2 billion, according to an analysis of census data by the National Equity Atlas, a research group associated with the University of Southern California. At the same time, the financial challenges facing many tenants are squeezing smaller landlords who rely on rent to pay their own bills. When do eviction protections expire in New York? The federal moratorium, enacted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been extended several times throughout the pandemic but is now scheduled to expire at the end of July. After an additional one-month extension in June, the agency said that the protections would likely lapse for good this month. But tenants across New York state will have another month of protections under a state eviction moratorium, which expires at the end of August. New York state officials have not given any indication that the moratorium will be extended again, as it has been multiple times during the pandemic. What assistance is available for tenants and landlords? New York state has set aside $2.7 billion in financial aid, largely from the federal government, that tenants can request through an application the state launched in June. If their applications are approved, up to a year’s worth of unpaid rent will be covered, as well as a year’s worth of unpaid utilities. Lower-income tenants can qualify for an additional three months of rental payments. The payments go directly to the landlord. There are some restrictions. To qualify, households must earn less than 80% of the area median income, or under $95,450 for a family of four in New York City. Landlords who accept the money cannot, in most cases, raise the rent or try to evict the tenant for at least a year. Both landlords and tenants can start the application process, but property owners, who are required to provide additional information for the application, can choose not to participate. New York City officials are encouraging renters whose landlords opted out to complete the application anyway, saying that it could be used as a defense in housing court. More than 160,000 completed applications have been filed in New York state, with about three-quarters of them from renters and landlords in New York City, the state said. Yet, the flow of aid to renters has been among the slowest in the country, records show, hobbled by technical glitches and errors that have forced applicants to restart the lengthy process from the beginning. By the end of June, New York was one of just two states that had not yet sent out financial assistance to renters. As of last week, state officials said, only a small amount had been disbursed — $117,000 — in order to test the payment system. But on Monday, another $700,000 in aid was distributed, the state said, and additional payments will be made daily. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that the state would be rolling out a revamped application process to streamline and speed up the process. The state said it would take until the end of August to disburse the funds from the approved applications. How many eviction cases are pending in housing court? More than 62,000 eviction cases have been filed in New York City Housing Court since the start of the pandemic, according to the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. The number of cases in New York City represent 20% of all eviction cases filed in the 29 cities tracked by the Eviction Lab, a group that includes other large cities like Houston, Phoenix and Austin, Texas. While the courts have allowed cases to be filed during the pandemic, nearly all of them are on pause without scheduled hearings until after the eviction moratorium ends. Lucian Chalfen, a spokesperson for the state’s Office of Court Administration, said housing courts were preparing for the possibility of reopening in September, after the state moratorium lapses, and resuming in-person trials later that month. It is too early to estimate how many cases will be on the docket when court reopens. Between 400-800 new housing cases are filed in New York City every week, the Eviction Lab said, but the cases in which landlords collect federal rental assistance will not move forward in court. Which New York City neighborhoods have the most eviction cases? The same areas in the Bronx that had high rates of eviction cases before the pandemic — notably the neighborhoods of Belmont, Fordham, High Bridge and Longwood — remained at the top during the past 16 months. In fact, eight of the Top 10 ZIP codes with the highest rates of eviction cases filed during the pandemic are in the Bronx. For example, more than 7% of the households in the ZIP Code 10468, which encompasses parts of Fordham and Kingsbridge, have had an eviction case filed against them during the pandemic, according to an analysis for the The New York Times by Lucy Block at the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development, a coalition of housing nonprofits in New York City. Working-class neighborhoods in the Bronx have been among the hardest hit in the pandemic, as they are home to many residents whose jobs in the service and hospitality industries were some of the first to be eliminated and have been slower to come back. How much do renters owe in back rent? Renters who have been sued in housing court owe an average of $8,150 in unpaid rent, according to the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development. But the actual amount is likely much higher because most court cases are not updated to reflect missed payments in the months after the lawsuit was filed. Khalifa Thiam, who lives in a one-bedroom apartment in the Fordham area of the Bronx, was sued in housing court in December. His landlord said he owed $5,890.06 for not paying his full monthly rent of $990.60 from May to December of last year, according to court records. But Thiam, 45, who lost his job at a menswear shop on Fordham Road in March 2020, has not found a new job and is still unable to afford rent. For several months late last year, after an extra federal unemployment payment of $600 per week expired, Thiam said he was living on $119 a week after making child support payments.

500,000 New Yorkers owe back rent. What happens when evictions resume?

Berlin has introduced a freeze on housing rent and New York, a ban on brokerage fee. These two housing policies might have earned some praises.&nbsp;

By the common man but the sweeping rental law has left ripples across real estate businesses and might soon lead to a crumbling urban housing market.&nbsp;

A tenant need not pay broker fee in New York City anymore. New York state has banned brokers from charging their fees.&nbsp;

Social media is hailing this new move by state regulators. People poured out personal experiences, explaining how broker fee.

Implications of new rent rule New York City 
 
25000 brokers New York City will face steep loss in business 
The loss might be close to $600 million in total revenue 
New York City faces a dramatic drop in total rental inventory 
Drop-in listing of new houses or rental places

The brokerage was a familiar source of distress for anyone who tried to rent an apartment.Others went on to accuse brokers of corruption and injustice. New York is a new entrant in implementing this kind of housing policy.&nbsp;

A few days ago, Berlin too introduced a cap on house rents. For the next five years, over 1.5 million homes in berlin will have their rents frozen.&nbsp;It will be also capped at 9.90 Euros. If landlords increase their rents, the tenants can sue them. But, this new housing policy is also receiving criticism.

Deutsche Wohnen, Berlin's largest apartment owner has lost one-fifth of its market value. The share of Germany's biggest property company,&nbsp;Vonovia has fallen by 1.9 per cent.&nbsp;Berlin and New York are not the only two cities contending skyrocketing real estate. Ireland started rent pressure zones in 2016.&nbsp;Spain's socialist government has pushed for rental caps, and in Portugal, it is illegal to raise rents of tenents with low income.

Experts believe that policies such as these could potentially rattle the global real estate industry.It does not feature in the top ten cities with the most expensive rent.&nbsp;

World cities with most expensive rents 
San Francisco, US 
Hong Kong, the people's republic of China 
New York, US 
London, united kingdom 
Zurich, Switzerland

On the contrary, Indian cities are very economical. With a global rank of 67, Mumbai is the most expensive Indian city.&nbsp;

For India, the issues are different. When compared to other rural regions, Indian urban centres have a very high cost of living.&nbsp;

The problem in India is not, particularly with brokerage or agent fee.

The concern here is more to do with urban planning and employment opportunities.

There is no particular law in India, which stops brokers from taking their fee. But, policy recommendations based on universal housing facility and other welfare schemes are matters that are being discussed widely.

Indian cities with most expensive rents&nbsp; 
City &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Global rank

Mumbai &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 67 
New Delhi &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;118 
Chennai &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 154 
Bengaluru &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;179 
Kolkata &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 189&nbsp;

Berlin has introduced a freeze on housing rent and New York, a ban on brokerage fee. These two housing policies might have earned some praises. By the common man but the sweeping rental law has left ripples across real estate businesses and might soon lead to a crumbling urban housing market.

Berlin has introduced a freeze on housing rent and New York, a ban on brokerage fee. These two housing policies might have earned some praises. By the common man but the sweeping rental law has left ripples across real estate businesses and might soon lead to a crumbling urban housing market. A tenant need not pay broker fee in New York City anymore. New York state has banned brokers from charging their fees. Social media is hailing this new move by state regulators. People poured out personal experiences, explaining how broker fee. Implications of new rent rule New York City 25000 brokers New York City will face steep loss in business The loss might be close to $600 million in total revenue New York City faces a dramatic drop in total rental inventory Drop-in listing of new houses or rental places The brokerage was a familiar source of distress for anyone who tried to rent an apartment.Others went on to accuse brokers of corruption and injustice. New York is a new entrant in implementing this kind of housing policy. A few days ago, Berlin too introduced a cap on house rents. For the next five years, over 1.5 million homes in berlin will have their rents frozen. It will be also capped at 9.90 Euros. If landlords increase their rents, the tenants can sue them. But, this new housing policy is also receiving criticism. Deutsche Wohnen, Berlin's largest apartment owner has lost one-fifth of its market value. The share of Germany's biggest property company, Vonovia has fallen by 1.9 per cent. Berlin and New York are not the only two cities contending skyrocketing real estate. Ireland started rent pressure zones in 2016. Spain's socialist government has pushed for rental caps, and in Portugal, it is illegal to raise rents of tenents with low income. Experts believe that policies such as these could potentially rattle the global real estate industry.It does not feature in the top ten cities with the most expensive rent. World cities with most expensive rents San Francisco, US Hong Kong, the people's republic of China New York, US London, united kingdom Zurich, Switzerland On the contrary, Indian cities are very economical. With a global rank of 67, Mumbai is the most expensive Indian city. For India, the issues are different. When compared to other rural regions, Indian urban centres have a very high cost of living. The problem in India is not, particularly with brokerage or agent fee. The concern here is more to do with urban planning and employment opportunities. There is no particular law in India, which stops brokers from taking their fee. But, policy recommendations based on universal housing facility and other welfare schemes are matters that are being discussed widely. Indian cities with most expensive rents City Global rank Mumbai 67 New Delhi 118 Chennai 154 Bengaluru 179 Kolkata 189

From frozen house rent to brokerage ban: Here are the new rental laws in world cities

rental-law

Rental Law, News on Rental Law, stories on Rental Law, articles on Rental Law, Rental Law stories at Wion, Rental Law news, Rental Law latest news