Episodes List – Learn to Live Better, a Housing Law Podcast

 

Episode 60: How to Protect Your Rent Stabilized Apartment from a Non-Primary Residence Case; Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 59: Five Reasons that Landlords Still Want to Evict Tenants from Rent Stabilized Apartments, even after the HSTPA; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 58: Can you vacate a stipulation of settlement that you entered into in Housing Court if you later regret making the deal? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 57: Late Renewal? Protect Yourself from Overcharges on a Rent Stabilized Lease; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 56: Stop Negotiating with Your Landlord the Wrong Way; Housing Court Hack – Wrong Description of Apartment; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 55: NYC Rental Housing Types Demystified; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 54: Can your landlord charge you an extra fee each month because you pay your rent electronically? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 53: Can problems with building amenities be addressed economically and quickly by tenant class actions? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 52: Breaking Your Lease Early – Seven Best Practices; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 51: Can problems with building amenities be addressed economically and quickly by tenant class actions? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 50: Rent Impairing Violations – a Powerful but Complicated Defense; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 49: Housing Court Hack – Case Dismissed for Using Wrong Notice of Petition; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 48: A lawyer is telling me that I can bring a Rent Stabilization rent overcharge case against my landlord as a Class Action, should I do that? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 47: Pets and Emotional Support Animals in NYC No-Pets Buildings (Part 2: Emotional Support Animals); Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 46: Pets and Emotional Support Animals in NYC No-Pets Buildings (Part 1: Pets); Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 45: The Good Cause Eviction Law – What have we learned after one year? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 44: Can my landlord charge me for providing me with a replacement key or an extra key? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 43: Do I have to allow my landlord into my apartment to do repairs, even if I don’t want to? How much notice am I entitled to? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 42: Can my landlord terminate my lease if I make complaints about conditions in my apartment? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 41: The New No-Broker-Fee Law and Possible Bumps in the Road For its Roll Out; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 40: What do I do if the co-living landlord I rent from houses me with a roommate who is a serial killer? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 39: Can I be evicted by my own family? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 38: Housing Court Hack: How to Get your Case Dismissed if your Landlord’s Ownership Entity is in Bad Standing with the State, which is Easy to Look Up; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 37: How to Terminate Your Deceased Relative’s Lease Early So the Estate Does Not Owe Rent for the Rest of the Term; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 36: How can you stop your eviction after losing your Housing Court case? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 35: It’s Cold Out! Your Apartment Should Be Warm! Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 34: What happens if NYC issues a Vacate Order against your apartment? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 33: How to Challenge Your Rent Arrears Statement; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 32: You Cannot Be Evicted for Being a Victim of Domestic Violence; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 31: Are lease-break fees legal? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 30: Proving How Long Your Apartment Has Needed Repairs, So You Can Get a Rent Abatement or Proper Repairs; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 29: Important Questions About the New Good Cause Eviction Law – a Discussion with Two Super Experienced Landlord-Tenant Lawyers; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 28: What can you do about the hazards caused by warehoused (vacant) apartments in your building? NYC Local Law 1 of 2024! Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 27: Good Cause Eviction Notices; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 26: Are You Covered by Good Cause Eviction? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 25: Good Cause Eviction is Here! Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 24: What are your rights in Housing Court if you do not have a lawyer? Season wrap up – why is housing law so complicated in New York? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 23: Roaches (or other infestations) can constitute an immediately hazardous housing violation and result in a suspension of part of your rent obligation; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 22: What happens when you live in your store, shop, studio, or business premises in New York City? Can the landlord evict you in a commercial eviction proceeding? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 21: Housing Court Leverage Tip for Tenants: Landlord can only sue for the monthly rent and that rent must be properly itemized or the case can be dismissed; Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 20: If I break my lease early does my landlord have to try and find a new tenant? Or am I on the hook for the rent through the end of the lease term? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 19: Can I lose my Rent Stabilized apartment because I was away caring for a sick relative? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 18: The Difference Between Subtenants and Roommates and Why it Matters. Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 17: Now Rent Stabilized tenants can add their domestic partners to their leases! And considerations before adding a spouse or a partner to a lease. Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 16: Short-Term Renting (Like Airbnb) in New York City After Local Law 18; Which NYC Tenants Can Still Do Short-Term Renting Legally and How? How to Prevent Illegal Short-Term Renting. Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 15: Can excessive noise from a neighboring apartment legally justify a tenant withholding rent in New York City? And can a tenant run a daycare in their NYC apartment? Listen on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube.

 

Episode 14: If you leave your apartment for a long time, can your landlord change the locks? Listen on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube.

 

Episode 13: You might be Rent Stabilized and/or overcharged if your landlord changed the size of your apartment before you moved in! Listen on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube.

 

Episode 12: You may have rights to an apartment you live in even if you are not the tenant and the lease is not in your name; And what is the difference between a licensee and a squatter? Listen on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube.

 

Episode 11: Getting Your Security Deposit Back; Many Tenants Have a Right To a Pre-Exit Inspection; Listen on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube.

 

Episode 10: What does tenant harassment really look like? Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube.

 

Episode 9: If my landlord asks me to move out of my Rent Stabilized apartment, into another apartment in the same building, does my Rent Stabilized status move with me? Listen on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.

 

Episode 8: Will the Housing Court recognize polyamorous relationships when making decisions about who can succeed to (inherit) a Rent Stabilized apartment? Listen on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.

 

Episode 7: Can I run a business from my NYC apartment and not risk eviction? Listen on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.

 

Episode 6: How do I succeed to (inherit) a Rent Stabilized apartment? Listen on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.

 

Episode 5: Is there no chance that I am Rent Stabilized if my lease says in big letters across the top that I am not Rent Stabilized? And the difference between Rent Control and Rent Stabilization. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.

 

Episode 4: I am a subtenant, I think the tenant I am renting from is Rent Stabilized and overcharging me. What do I do? Can I collect my overcharge award directly from the landlord? Listen on Apple, Spotify, YouTube.

 

Episode 3: How Tenants Can Gain Leverage in Housing Court; Listen on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.

 

Episode 2: Was my rent break for my Rent Stabilized apartment a one-time rent concession or a permanent “Preferential Rent”? And should I join a class action against my landlord? Listen on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.

 

Episode 1: Where do I bring a Harassment Case Against My Landlord; Listen on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.