Oh, it’s going to be fun when they have to deal with the City. I can’t wait to see the chaos.
For a decade, the residents of 2201-05 Davidson Avenue in the Bronx have endured perpetual leaks, caving ceilings, cockroach infestations, rotting floors, and mysterious cracks in the walls, all while fighting their landlord for basic maintenance.
I’d take the city’s bullshit over this personally
I bet rent control plays a role in this situation.
Sorry, could you help me understand what you mean? I barely know what rent control even means.
Either a rent ceiling for a given size, or max % of a raise per year
So, then, what would they have meant by saying rent control probably plays a part in this situation?
Not that you are that person, of course. They just haven’t responded yet.
Another unrelated person here. I’d guess they were saying that rent control makes it less feasible to have a livable location. Or that the landlord was intentionally trying to drive them out so they could raise the rent on me tenants.
That’s correct. In New York there is no incentive for the landlord to maintain the buildings when they can make more money when the tenant vacates.
That’s fair, yeah. Though I must admit that my expectations of buildings in the Bronx are pretty low, based on friends who’ve lived up there. Even in University Heights, it’s a different world - literally one stop into Manhattan is an improvement.
Then again, some of the nicest buildings in NYC have roach & rat problems. It’s an issue when you have that many people, that much water, that much food, and so many connections. You can’t even properly quarantine a building that’s roach-infested. The little bastards escape into the sewers, the phone lines, the power lines, even sometimes directly into the subway! But, it sounds to me like it’s basically an old building with a lot of bad pipework. I wish them luck finding the right plumbing company for the job. If it’s bad enough, they might find out that the reason for a lack of maintenance is the massive cost involved.
