Learn to Live Better: A Housing Law Podcast
Learn to Live Better: A Housing Law Podcast
If things aren’t going right with your apartment, whether it’s something small or something big, it can throw you off in your career, your personal life, and your health, especially if you are a creative.
All Episodes
Episode 60: How to Protect Your Rent Stabilized Apartment from a Non-Primary Residence Case
In Episode 60, we take a deep dive on how to protect your Rent Stabilized apartment from a Non-Primary Residence claim. This episode is a companion to a FREE 29-page booklet entitled, How to Protect Your Rent Stabilized Apartment in Non-Primary Residence and Succession Cases.
Episode 59: Why Your Landlord Still Wants to Evict You From Your Rent Stabilized Apartment, Even After the HSTPA
In Episode 59, we look at five reasons that landlords still very much want to evict tenants from Rent Stabilized apartments, even after the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 made vacancy way less valuable to landlords. Links: Website.
Episode 58: Can you vacate a stipulation of settlement that you entered into in Housing Court if you later regret making the deal?
In Episode 58, we look at whether you can you vacate a stipulation of settlement that you entered into in Housing Court if you later regret making the deal. A court can undo/vacate a stipulation of settlement: • to promote justice and prevent wrong.
Episode 7: Late Renewal? Protect Yourself from Overcharges on a Rent Stabilized Lease!
Today we are looking at a case and a regulation that reminds us of a tenant’s rights when the landlord renews a Rent Stabilized lease late. We are going to try to clear up some confusion and save tenants a few bucks. Links: • Michelle Itkowitz Podcasting Website.
Episode 6: Stop Negotiating with Your Landlord the Wrong Way; Housing Court Hack – Wrong Description of Apartment
You have been sued by your landlord, and you just wish the case would go away, because with a bit more time, you would have the money to move, which you were planning on doing anyway. You just need a break.
Episode 5: NYC Rental Housing Types Demystified
You are moving to New York City, and you have questions about NYC rental housing. Or, you have lived in New York City all your life, and you still have questions about NYC Housing! Rent Stabilization, Rent Control, the Good Cause Eviction Law, Affordable Housing, Co-ops, Condos, Co-living.
Episode 4: A Powerful Defense to the Nonpayment of Rent that Few Tenants Know About; Multiple Dwelling Law 302 Explored!
In Episode 4 we are looking at a defense to the nonpayment of rent that could apply to as many as a hundred thousand apartments – Multiple Dwelling Law 302, which applies when a building is occupied contrary to its certificate of occupancy on file with the New York City Department of Buildings.
Episode 3: Can your landlord charge you an extra fee each month because you pay your rent electronically?
Can your landlord up-charge you for paying rent electronically? Those charges sure add up over time. For that matter, can the landlord charge you an extra fee for paying manually – with a check, cash, or money order?
Episode 2: Can problems with your building's amenities be addressed economically and quickly by a tenant class action?
Are you having a problem with the amenities in your building? Well amenities are usually common elements so if you’re having a problem, maybe the other tenants in your building are having the same problem.
Episode 1: Breaking Your Lease Early - Seven Best Practices
Yesterday, you signed a lease for an apartment in Brooklyn for $4100 per month. But all those career advice podcasts that you consumed on the Broadway Podcast Network finally paid off, and you got cast in a Broadway show…well…during its Off-Broadway run…in a state not exactly contiguous with New York.
Introducing Learn to Live Better: A Housing Law Podcast
This is a podcast for all types of New York City tenants. Whether you are renting a luxury apartment, are a starving artist sleeping on your friend’s couch, or are part of the vast, forgotten middle class, this is the podcast that will educate you about the many rights that you do not even that you have!
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