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All requests for assistance are handled through the Housing Hotline. Tenants seeking assistance can reach our Housing Hotline at (518) 436-8997 extension 3. A housing counselor will return calls in the order they are received. We appreciate your patience while we respond to high call volumes. Requests and questions can also be sent to hotline@unitedtenantsalbany.org.

Learn more about our Rent Control campaign

Commentary: Strengthen tenant protections — and not just for NYC

By Laura Felts
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Albany Times Union

This year the Emergency Tenant Protection Act — the bill that enables rent stabilization in New York City and its surrounding counties — expires, and legislators will debate how exactly to renew and/or strengthen tenants' rights.

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In the Press

Churchill: A kindness that family’s landlord wouldn’t muster

Apr 26, 2019

Tiana Logan was standing outside her family’s Hamilton Street apartment when I handed her the envelope. She looked inside and immediately began to cry. The envelope contained a check for $2,150 from a reader of this column who was moved by the Logan family’s plight and wanted to help.

Advancing Equality for Tenants

Jan 14, 2019

Our amazing court advocate, Laura Felts, recently won a bench trial in Albany City Court, preventing a victim of domestic violence from being evicted from her apartment due to noise and disruption stemming from her partner’s stalking and abuse.

Moratorium

NEW EVICTION MORATORIUM PROTECTIONS ARE IN EFFECT! Tenants facing eviction should fill out a Declaration of Hardship form and submit it to their landlord ASAP to have protections from eviction until 8/31/2021. Tenants should also provide a copy of the Hardship form to the court. A copy can be emailed to AlbanyCivilCourt@nycourts.gov or mailed to Albany City Court-Civil, 24 Eagle St. #209, Albany, NY 12207. Tenants who are: (A) experiencing financial hardships and/or (B) would be at high-risk for severe illness/death from COVID19 if forced to move must fill out a hardship form and give it to their landlord to be protected.

UTA offers financial assistance towards back rent or financial assistance to help tenants move into a new apartment. UTA also offers utility assistance to help tenants pay towards national grid bill. Call our hotline to request assistance and read about this service here.

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