Basement apartments provide affordable housing options in crowded urban hubs like New York City, where the average rent for a Manhattan apartment is $4,140, according to RENTCafé data. But far too ...
In this lookbook, we select eight apartments that prove basements are the new penthouses, from an art deco flat in Paris to a sci-fi-style hideaway in Madrid. Often associated with limited space and ...
NYC has published draft guidelines to launch a pilot program legalizing basement apartments for qualifying one- and ...
In New York City, the basement floors of most buildings pose a conundrum for public officials. Tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of New Yorkers live in basement and cellar apartments, ...
Flushing: Maybe now the mayor and others will realize that there are reasons certain spaces are not okay to be legal apartments. Beyond the few cited violations mentioned, there are thousands more! A ...
For too long, too many New Yorkers have been forced into dangerous basement and cellar set ups just to find a place to live." ...
“Instead of turning a blind eye to the suffering of basement and cellar apartment dwellers, disproportionately low-income and from immigrant communities, we must find the political courage to face ...
More than two years ago, Hurricane Ida claimed the lives of 11 New Yorkers in flooded, mostly-illegal basement apartments. The deluge of rain that hit New York City on Friday prompted concerns that ...