As New York housing advocates demand state lawmakers pass a bill to keep landlords from evicting renters without "good cause," a new report cautioned them about getting what they wish for. The New York University report found good cause eviction can create long-term challenges for tenants and landlords, including discouraging maintenance investments in new and existing housing, increasing costs to resolve disputes and landlords screening tenants more rigorously. Vicki Been, Furman Center faculty director at New York University, said alternatives could help improve landlord-tenant relations. .
This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Renaissance Children s Center, which serves low-income families and those experiencing homelessness with infants and children up to the time they enter kindergarten. Susan Dunn, director of the center, said many kids who have spent time in the 6,600 square-foot facility in Lakewood have lived in transitional housing, in cars, or have camped out with their parents as they work to get back on their feet. "The children are coming here while the parents are looking for work, and going to school, and just rebuilding their lives. " .
Like many states across the West, Nevada faces challenges with supply and demand for housing. One advocate for the disability community describes the pool of affordable and accessible homes in the Silver State as "sad." Mary Evilsizer, executive director of the the Southern Nevada Centers for Independent Living, said some of the biggest challenges in helping disabled folks find housing is ensuring they are able to meet certain criteria and requirements set by landlords, and second is affordability. "All landlords require that an individual with a disability or an individual without a disability it s the same way across the board have an income that is three times the amount of the rent that they pay. " .