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

 

Episode 58: Can you vacate a stipulation of settlement that you entered into in Housing Court if you later regret making the deal?

 

Episode 57: Late Renewal? Protect Yourself from Overcharges on a Rent Stabilized Lease.

 

Episode 56: Stop Negotiating with Your Landlord the Wrong Way; Housing Court Hack – Wrong Description of Apartment

 

Episode 55: NYC Rental Housing Types Demystified

 

Episode 55: A Powerful Defense to the Nonpayment of Rent that Few Tenants Know About; Multiple Dwelling Law 302 Explored!

 

Episode 54: Can your landlord charge you an extra fee each month because you pay your rent electronically?

 

Episode 53: Can problems with building amenities be addressed economically and quickly by tenant class actions?

 

Episode 52: Breaking Your Lease Early – Seven Best Practices

 

Episode 51: Can problems with building amenities be addressed economically and quickly by tenant class actions?

 

Episode 50: Rent Impairing Violations – a Powerful but Complicated Defense

 

Episode 49: Housing Court Hack – Case Dismissed for Using Wrong Notice of Petition

 

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?

 

Episode 47: Pets and Emotional Support Animals in NYC No-Pets Buildings (Part 2: Emotional Support Animals)

 

Episode 46: Pets and Emotional Support Animals in NYC No-Pets Buildings (Part 1: Pets)

 

Episode 45: The Good Cause Eviction Law – What have we learned after one year?

 

Episode 44: Can my landlord charge me for providing me with a replacement key or an extra key?

 

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?

 

Episode 42: Can my landlord terminate my lease if I make complaints about conditions in my apartment?

 

Episode 41: The New No-Broker-Fee Law and Possible Bumps in the Road For its Roll Out

 

Episode 40: What do I do if the co-living landlord I rent from houses me with a roommate who is a serial killer?

 

Episode 39: Can I be evicted by my own family?

 

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.

 

Episode 37: How to Terminate Your Deceased Relative’s Lease Early So the Estate Does Not Owe Rent for the Rest of the Term

 

Episode 36: How can you stop your eviction after losing your Housing Court case?

 

Episode 35: It’s Cold Out! Your Apartment Should Be Warm!

 

Episode 34: What happens if NYC issues a Vacate Order against your apartment?

 

Episode 33: How to Challenge Your Rent Arrears Statement

 

Episode 32: You Cannot Be Evicted for Being a Victim of Domestic Violence

 

Episode 31: Are lease-break fees legal?

 

Episode 30: Proving How Long Your Apartment Has Needed Repairs, So You Can Get a Rent Abatement or Proper Repairs.

 

Episode 29: Important Questions About the New Good Cause Eviction Law – a Discussion with Two Super Experienced Landlord-Tenant Lawyers

 

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

 

Episode 27: Good Cause Eviction Notices

 

Episode 26: Are You Covered by Good Cause Eviction?

 

Episode 25: Good Cause Eviction is Here!

 

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?

 

Episode 23: Roaches (or other infestations) can constitute an immediately hazardous housing violation and result in a suspension of part of your rent obligation.

 

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?

 

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.

 

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?

 

Episode 19: Can I lose my Rent Stabilized apartment because I was away caring for a sick relative?

 

Episode 18: The Difference Between Subtenants and Roommates and Why it Matters

 

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.

 

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

 

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?

 

Episode 14: If you leave your apartment for a long time, can your landlord change the locks?

 

Episode 13: You might be Rent Stabilized and/or overcharged if your landlord changed the size of your apartment before you moved in!

 

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?

 

Episode 11: Getting Your Security Deposit Back; Many Tenants Have a Right To a Pre-Exit Inspection

 

Episode 10: What does tenant harassment really look like?

 

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?

 

Episode 8: Will the Housing Court recognize polyamorous relationships when making decisions about who can succeed to (inherit) a Rent Stabilized apartment?

 

Episode 7: Can I run a business from my NYC apartment and not risk eviction?

 

Episode 6: How do I succeed to (inherit) a Rent Stabilized apartment?

 

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.

 

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?

 

Episode 3: How Tenants Can Gain Leverage in Housing Court

 

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?

 

Episode 1: Where do I bring a Harassment Case Against My Landlord