60,000 Vacant Apartments

New York faces a historic housing shortage. With nearly 60,000 rent-stabilized apartments sitting empty the problem is only getting worse. Building new housing is important, but it will take years of planning, permitting, approvals, and construction before tenants can move in.

We need to get tens of thousands of empty, aging apartments repaired, renovated, and made available as modern rent-stabilized apartments for New Yorkers who need them. This is the fastest way to deliver more affordable housing for New Yorkers. A solution to quickly increase the housing supply for New Yorkers looking for affordable rent-stabilized apartments in a matter of months, without raising rents on current tenants or costing taxpayers a dime.

Join Unlock Our Housing NYC, a coalition of tenants, affordable housing advocates, and rent-stabilized building operators supporting a path to renovate and re-rent vacant units, so apartments emptied after decades of occupancy can be made available as affordable rent-stabilized housing.