Housing New York with Kenny Burgos

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Housing New York with Kenny Burgos sheds light on the politics and the public policy shaping the future of New York City housing.

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November 04, 2025 Nonprofit affordable housing providers are sounding the alarm.
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Two new reports show rents aren’t covering operating costs in stabilized buildings and project it will cost billions to save them.
Plus, the insurance-cost crisis has finally captured the attention of state lawmakers.
And we took a trip to Vienna, Austria. What we learned may surprise you.
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1:11: ANHD and Enterprise sound the alarm
3:35: Should Mayor Adams stack the RGB on his way out?
5:14: The Legislature: Insurance crisis hearing scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 18
6:09: Is NYC Cooked?
9:00: Preview: Housing lessons from Vienna

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October 21, 2025 Election preview: housing on the ballot & Mamdani’s “Plan B”
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Leading mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has yet to take a stand on ballot questions 2, 3, and 4 — and he’s hinted that his $10 billion campaign platform might require a new funding mechanism.
Plus, we break down the numbers behind last year’s 250,000 heating complaints.
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1:12: Housing on the ballot
→ Learn more about each ballot proposal here
3:35: Heat complaints in context
5:14: Why we oppose a rent freeze
6:09: Mamadani’s “Plan B”

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September 30, 2025 The masses are starting to catch on to the fact that thousands of rent-stabilized buildings are under water
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Older, fully-stabilized buildings with capped revenues are in a death spiral. Plus, we analyze the FARE Act’s impacts with the help of a new report from Open Igloo.
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1:12: “The rent is too damn high” (and not nearly high enough)
→ Read: Howard Slatkin for Vital City
3:35: The ‘FARE Act’ effect
→ Read: Open Igloo’s NYC Summer 2025 Rent Report
5:14: Kenny joins NY1’s Inside City Hall with Errol Louis
6:09: Bill de Blasio confirms the RGB is an independent body
→ Read the full interview from The New York Editorial Board
7:09: Finding common ground with Jacobin’s Bhaskar Sunkara
→ Watch: Conversations with Coleman: Capitalist vs. Socialist on Rent Controls

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September 17, 2025 A brutal ballot fight ends with a victory for housing — and democracy.
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Plus, owners aren't holding apartments off the market because they want to, they're doing it because they can't afford not to.
And there are only two things certain in life: Death, and New York City’s unjust property tax system.
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0:57: Housing on the Ballot: New Yorkers will vote on housing measures in November
→ Check out the Charter Revision Commission’s ballot questions here.
1:45: NYC’s Unlocking Doors program has no takers
→ Just two owners applied; they both dropped out.
3:48: “NYC retirees got burned by bets on rent-stabilized apartments”
→ Could the 2019 Rent Laws have something to do with it?
6:02: [Death] & Property Taxes
7:32: The fight over CityFHEPS
8:52: Polling & the November election: How you ask a question matters.
→ The more New Yorkers learn about Zohran Mamdani’s proposed rent freeze, the less they support it.

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September 04, 2025 Housing is back on the ballot this November
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Plus, Kenny explains the sudden boom in 99-unit apartment buildings, why housing court policy drives up rents, and whether rent freezes are even constitutional. (It depends.)
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1:32: The Charter Revision Commission is on the ballot
2:51: The 99-unit building boom explained
5:08: HPD clogged housing pipeline encourages corruption
6:14: Housing court delays and high cost of eviction protections
7:30: Are rent freezes even constitutional?

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August 19, 2025 It’s hot out there, but rent freezes are even hotter.
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We break down the politics of the rent freeze. Plus, stick around for an excerpt of Kenny’s conversation with New Rochelle Mayor Yadira Ramos-Herbert about why they’re actually building enough housing to keep up with demand.
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On The Agenda
1:15: Rent Freeze politics
2:42: The Community Preservation Corporation says foreclosures and delinquencies are hitting nonprofit housing too.
→ Read more in The City & The Real Deal
3:57: City Council member Carlina Rivera will be the next leader of NYSAFAH — the New York State Association for Affordable Housing. Congrats!
4:35: Rent-stabilization experiment in Kingston hits another snag
6:04: Preview: Kenny tours New Rochelle with Mayor Yadira Ramos-Herbert to learn about her “tried and true” recipe for housing success.

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August 05, 2025 The “Most pro-housing administration in city history”? We break it down.
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Plus, New York is bucking the national trend on evictions — with far fewer than everywhere else in the country. And we propose a small tweak to the 2019 rent laws that could boost home ownership.
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1:29: Evaluating Mayor Adams’ housing claims
3:26: Survey shows ~25% of elderly New Yorkers struggle to pay their bills
→ Report: Less than half of eligible residents are signed up for SCRIE
4:41: Why NYC needs an eviction diversion program
6:07: Unsustainable climate-change policies
8:49: Want to boost home ownership? Make co-op conversions possible again

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July 22, 2025 HNY’s 50th EP! 🥳 Cuomo calls to repeal Urstadt & NYC must expand voucher access, court rulesUntitled Episode
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We mark our 50th episode with a reflection on the year that was. Plus, federal budget cuts are coming for housing in New York.
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On The Agenda
2:09: Good news for city vouchers
03:28: Cuomo calls to repeal the Urstadt Law
05:10: Climate change and rent stabilization
06:55: Proposed cuts to the federal housing budget
→ Read the letter

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July 08, 2025 Inadequate rent adjustments, the Democratic primary & changes to HVS
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Plus, we recap some smart ideas proposed in Gov. Hochul’s new Aging Master Plan.
And it’s summertime, which means we’re trying to take it easy. To that end, the Housing New York podcast will now publish every two weeks through the end of August. So the next EP will drop on July 22.
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On The Agenda
1:22: The Rent Guidelines Board
3:37: Housing and Vacancy Survey switchup
5:05: Governor Hochul’s Master Plan for Aging
→ REGISTER HERE for City & State’s July 24 Aging Summit
6:30: NYC Charter Revision Commission’s interim report suggests changes to ULURP and open primary elections
7:39: Reflecting on the the mayoral race

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June 24, 2025 The Rent Guidelines Board’s final vote is fast approaching. Here’s what’s at stake
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And today is the last day to cast your vote for New York City’s next mayor. Get out there if you haven’t already and make a plan to stay cool because it’s really hot out there.
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On The Agenda
1:10: Rent Guidelines Board set to vote June 30
3:42: NYCHA is sitting on more than 8K vacant apartments
→ NYAA’s City Council testimony
4:07: Cool new Census tool: the Housing Unit Change Viewer
5:44: Kingston rent control survives legal challenge
7:30: New release: Housing New York Magazine – Q2 2025

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