Demographics of Research Sample

More than half of respondents have lived in their current apartment for 11 or more years.

The vast majority of respondents were people of color with over half identifying as LATINO/A (51%) and 22% AFRICAN AMERICAN and 18% WHITE.

44% of respondents report SPANISH as a language

they are most comfortable speaking; 63% speak

ENGLISH; 3% speak CHINESE; and 4% speak BANGLA.

Women make up the majority of respondents

About two-thirds of respondents are receiving some type of safety net benefit.

Almost half of respondents report an annual household income of $24,999 or less.

60%

57%

46%

SNYC 2017

SNYC 2017Map of Where People Took Surveys

THE BRONX

MANHATTAN

BROOKLYN

QUEENS

SNYC 2017

“It was a great building; we had great landlords;

the person who owned the building died, and his

son took over and then he started this chain of sales

to slumlord after slumlord. The buildings

haven’t had heat, haven’t had gas. The building is

almost empty now. There’s like five of us left

in a twenty-unit apartment building; and it’s kind of

horrible because it feels so barren and desolate.”

MANHATTAN FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANT

SNYC 2017

% of Tenants Reporting

Types of Repair Issues

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

Tenants Living in Predatory Equity Buildings Report the Following Repair Issues in Their Buildings

Inquilinos viviendo en propiedades de capital predatorio reportan problemas de reparaciones en sus edificios

掠夺性资产的住户反应他们楼里存

在以下的维修问题

Leaks

Fugas

Peeling paint or cracked walls

De pintura o paredes agrietadas

墙漆脱落，墙上有缝 /

Doors to building left open or unlocked

De pintura o paredes agrietadas

楼房的大门大开或者没有锁上 /

Other

Otro

其他 /

Mice, roaches, or bed bugs

Ratones, cucarachas o chinches

老鼠，蟑螂，或者床虱 /

Facilities are out of order

las utilidades no funcionan

洗衣机等设施无法使用 /

Mold

Molde

长霉

/

Building is not cleaned

El edificio no se limpia

楼房没有被打扫 /

Construction debris in the hallway

Residuos de construcción a la izquierda

装潢垃圾留在楼道里 /

SNYC 2017Tenants Living in Predatory Equity Buildings Report the Following Repair Issues in Their Buildings

LeaksFugas

漏水

Peeling paint or cracked wallsDe pintura o paredes agrietadas

墙漆脱落，墙上有缝

Building is not cleanedEl edificio no se limpia

楼房没有被打扫

MoldMolde

长霉

Doors to building left open or unlockedDe pintura o paredes agrietadas

楼房的大门大开或者没

有锁上

Construction debris in the hallwayResiduos de construcción a la izquierda

装潢垃圾留在楼道里

10%20%30%40%

60%50%

70%80%90%100%

10%20%30%40%

60%50%

70%80%90%100%

100%90%80%70%

50%60%

40%30%20%10%

100%90%80%70%

50%60%

40%30%20%10%47%

58%

Mice, roaches, or bed bugs Ratones, cucarachas o chinches

老鼠，蟑螂，或者床

ইঁদুর / ছাড়পোকা

Inquilinos viviendo en propiedades de capital predatorio reportan problemas de reparaciones en sus edificios

掠夺性资产的住户反应他们楼里存

在以下的维修问题

Predatory Equity এর বিল্ডিংগুলিতে বসবাসকারী ভাড়াটিয়ারা তাদের বিল্ডিংগুলির সংস্কারের সমস্যাগুলি নিয়ে প্রতিবেদন করে

SNYC 2017

“The hidden costs of being a rent stabilized

tenant that people don’t seem to factor in,

you’ve got reasonable rent, but then you have

to factor in the inconveniences, the money

you need to spend on extra heating, the court

costs, constant disruptions and lost work, all of this is very expensive, but the problem

is and I realize this after the fact, it would have

been much better for me to get out in the

beginning and pay a lot more for rent... at this

point in time there’s nowhere to go.”

MANHATTAN FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANT

37%of respondents have spent money out of their own pocket to complete repairs in their apartment.

SNYC 2017

“[Organizer from community organization] came

to my building and asked, “Who is the leader

here that wants this building to start working

and do things as they should be done?”

“That’s me, I’m the leader,” I said. And when

this man arrived, I thought, here is my guardian

angel, let’s get to work! And we began the

work, brother. Then you saw how they began fixing everything…and I just laughed inside

because I have always said, when you do things

by the law, and you are firmly stepping on the

grounds of what is just, you need to fight.”

QUEENS FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANT, TRANSLATED

FROM SPANISH

60%of respondents report that they are members of their building’s tenant association

SNYC 2017

BROOKLYN FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANT, TRANSLATED

FROM SPANISH

“The owner sent me an eviction notice to leave

the apartment. For my daughter, it put her in a

depression, because she thought we were going to a shelter. And yes, it affected me emotionally.

Not just me, but my kids were suffering, they

were depressed. It affected me…my emotions and

my health. They called me, like she said, but from

a private telephone and I answered and they said,

‘You have to go’... the police were coming.”

SNYC 2017

“Harassment? Well if you wanna consider not getting any work done in your apartment

because you’re forming a tenants’ association in your

building [as] harassment then I guess maybe that

might be considered harassment; cause I do feel in

some way that that’s harassment to me because they

started painting my apartment and then

they didn’t finish and I never saw them again.

This has been like two to three months and because

I’ve been going around informing my neighbors that

we’re having a tenants’ meeting in the building

and I feel that could be a part of why I’m not getting

the adequate services that I deserve.”

BRONX FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANT

SNYC 2017

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SNYC 2017

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SNYC 2017

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超过一半的租金稳定的租客在过去的两年中被涨

过房租，尽管这段时间内全市要求禁止租金稳定

的租客被涨房租。

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的受访者反应他们不是很清

楚到底应该付多少房租。

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de

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tal M

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s)

的受访者表示被以“重大设施改

善”的理由被加租金。

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ch

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stad

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repo

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se le

s cob

ra ta

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e pa

go a

tras

ado

的受访者反应他们被收过

迟交房租的罚款。