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Learn to Live Better, a Housing Law Podcast.

Welcome to the Learn to Live Better, a Housing Law Podcast (formerly known as the Tenant Law Podcast), where we talk about new, interesting, and/or important legal cases and laws affecting New York City tenants and occupants. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

 

As of summer 2026, we have over 60 episodes available to educate you about housing law in New York City, and more on the way. Click here for a searchable list of topics.

 

Learn to Live Better was nominated in 2025 by the New York Podcast Awards in the category of Best Public Service Podcast!

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"Illusory Tenancy" (1) 421-a (1) Airbnb (2) Class Action (3) Co-Living (3) Creation of Tenancy (1) DHCR (2) Duty to Mitigate (1) Eviction (5) First Rent (1) Good Cause Eviction (7) Harassment (2) Housing Court (11) HP Case (3) Inheriting Apartments (1) Lease (5) Lease Break (5) Lease Negotiation (1) Licensees (1) New Perimeter (1) Nonprimary Residence (2) Number of People in Apartment (1) NYC Marshal (1) Overcharge (2) Pets (3) Preferential Rent (1) Rent (1) Rent Concession (1) Rent Control (1) Rent Demand (2) Rent Increase (1) Rent Stabilization (25) Repairs (2) Roommate (3) Roommate Law (1) Running a Business in Your Apartment (2) Security Deposit (2) Spouse (1) Squatters (1) Sublet (3) Subtenant (3) Succession (4) Switching Apartments (1) Tenants (1) Warranty of Habitability (7)

What can you do about the hazards caused by warehoused (vacant) apartments in your building? NYC Local Law 1 of 2024!

In Episode 28 we discuss what you can do if you suffer bad consequences from your landlord warehousing empty apartments in your building by examining NYC Local law 1 of 2024. This raises two immediate questions. First, why would a landlord not rent out an empty apartment? Second, why would perpetually empty apartments bother other

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Good Cause Eviction Notices

In Episode 27 we discuss the new notice requirements imposed by the legislation that brought the Good Cause Eviction Law. These new notice requirements apply to all types of tenancies! Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Links: Tenant Law Podcast Website Good Cause Eviction Law Required DHCR Notice (with rent

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Are You Covered by Good Cause Eviction? (Part 2 of the Good Cause Eviction Series)

In Episode 26 we continue discussing the historic new Good Cause Eviction Law. The New York State Legislature passed Good Cause Eviction on April 20, 2024. This is the most significant change in landlord-tenant law that I have seen in the 30 years that I have been a landlord-tenant litigator in New York City. There

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Good Cause Eviction is Here!

In Episode 25 we discuss the historic new Good Cause Eviction law. There are two major aspects to every regulatory law. First, you need to know what the law does – what does it prevent, what does it require, what protections is it giving you, what restrictions does it put upon you? Second, you need

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