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2. Single-room occupancy - Wikipedia

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   Living spaces. Single-room occupancy (SRO) is a form of housing that is typically aimed at residents with low or minimal incomes, or single adults who like a minimalist lifestyle, who rent small, furnished single rooms with a bed, chair, and sometimes a small desk. [1] SRO units are rented out as permanent residence and/or primary residence [2 ...

3. Is it better to rent or own in NYC? - AOL

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   Median home sale price (Jan. 2024) New York: $521,800. Answer: As expensive as it is to rent a home in the city, buying a home tends to be even more stratospheric. Show comments. Living in the ...

4. New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal

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   The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal ( DHCR) is an agency of the New York state government [1] responsible for administering housing and community development programs to promote affordable housing, community revitalization, and economic growth. Its primary functions include supervising rent regulations through the State ...

5. Rent control in the United States - Wikipedia

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   New York State has had the longest history of rent controls, since 1920. New York City contains the majority of units covered by rent control. Rent control laws have stayed on the books for decades in New York because of an inadequate supply of "decent, affordable housing". The worsening in the rental market led to the enactment of the Rent Stabilization Law of 1969, which aimed to help ...

6. Knickerbocker Village - Wikipedia

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   Knickerbocker Village Limited is a housing development in Manhattan, New York City. It is situated between the Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge, in the Two Bridges section of the Lower East Side. Although the location was generally considered to fall in the Lower East Side, it has come to be thought of as part of Chinatown in recent years ...

7. Homelessness, affordable-housing shortage spark resurgence of ...

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   March 20, 2024 at 9:07 PM. SEATTLE (AP) — Every part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family’s single-room apartment in Seattle has a double or even triple purpose. The 180-square-foot (17 ...