[footnote numbers within text are indicated by asterisks]Introduction
Acknowledgments Sources Limitations About CTRC About the Authors1. The Purposes, Accomplishments, and Limits of Rent Regulation
Moderation of Rents Eviction Controls Maintenance of Services The Limits of Rent Regulation Rent Regulation Does Not Increase the Housing Supply Rent Regulation Does Not Assure Affordability Rent Regulations Are Not a Complete Housing Strategy Notes to Chapter 12. Rent Regulated Tenants and Landlords: Who Are They?
The Tenants Where Rent Regulated Tenants Live Race and Ethnicity of Rent Regulated Tenants Age of Rent Regulated Tenants Incomes of Rent Regulated Tenants The Landlords Concentration of Ownership Financial Objectives Notes to Chapter 23. The Effectiveness of Rent Regulation in New York City
Are Rent Levels Being Moderated? Tenant Affordability Landlord Profitability Are Eviction Controls Working? Informed Tenants Enforcement What Effect Does Rent Regulation Have on Housing Conditions? Crowding Building Conditions Maintenance Deficiencies Neighborhood Conditions Notes to Chapter 34. Common Myths About Rent Regulation
Myth #1 Rent Regulation Impedes Construction of new Housing Myth #2 Rent Regulation Causes Abandonment Myth #3 Rent Regulation Erodes the Tax Base Myth #4 Rent Regulation Only Benefits the Rich Myth #5 All of New York City's Housing is Rent Controlled Myth #6 NYC's rents are frozen at World War II levels Notes to Chapter 4Appendix A: The Housing Supply in New York City
Overview of the City's Housing Supply Categories of Rental Housing Is There Still a Housing Shortage? Definition of a Shortage Vacancy Rates A Worsening ShortageAppendix B: The Rent Regulation System in New York City
A Brief History New York State Rent Control City Rent Control The Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 Maximum Base Rent System Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Vacancy Decontrol Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 Omnibus Housing Act of 1983 The Current System Rent Control Rent Stabilization Enforcement Notes to Appendix BBibliography