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Rent Justice As Racial Justice
Rent Justice As Racial Justice
Rent regulation is the most common type of housing for Black and Latinx New Yorkers
100%
90% Rent-regulated
Rent-regulated Rent-regulated
Rent-regulated
80% Rent-regulated
Subsidized Subsidized
70%
Subsidized
60% Subsidized
Unregulated Unregulated
50% Subsidized
Unregulated
40% Unregulated
30% Unregulated
20% Owner Owner
Owner Owner
10% Owner
0%
White Black Latino Asian All New Yorkers
275,000
250,000
225,000 Voucher
119,000
200,000
175,000
Rent-
150,000 regulated
125,000 290,000
Public
100,000
housing
75,000 128,000
50,000
25,000 HUD
M-L
0
Support for strengthening the rent laws is high, across housing types (2018)
90%
82%
80%
68% 72% 70%
70%
63%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20% 14%
9%
10% 5% 5% 3%
0%
Homeowners Public Housing Subsidized Unregulated Regulated
Favor Oppose
New Yorkers understand the importance of rent regulation, whether or not they
benefit from it directly. In addition to regulated tenants, the overwhealming majority of
homeowners, public housing residents, subsidized and unregulated tenants support
strengthening the rent laws.