The horrific deaths of New Yorkers whose basement apartments flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida has shocked and surprised the nation and may well lead to pressure on building officials to crack ...

“Instead of turning a blind eye to the suffering of basement and cellar apartment dwellers, disproportionately low-income and from immigrant communities, we must find the political courage to face ...

A recent report compiled by The Pratt Center for Community Development found more than 30,000 "unaccounted-for" apartment units in New York City. This means that the Department of Buildings did not ...

Getting illegal basement apartments up to code is going to run up more than the Big Apple a large chunk of change. City Hall estimated it would take $13.7 billion to get the roughly 50,000 units up to ...

In New York City, the basement floors of most buildings pose a conundrum for public officials. Tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of New Yorkers live in basement and cellar apartments, ...

Landlords could face consequences after Tropical Storm Ida killed 11 people in flooded basement apartments last week. Gothamist reported police are investigating six separate incidents, which could ...

That instinct extends into his domestic world, a rented basement apartment in East London where he and his partner—an ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Maia Silber, The Washington Post It’s no easy feat to find an affordable apartment in many cities. Renters will scour the city streets for a decent deal, ...

Basement apartments provide affordable housing options in crowded urban hubs like New York City, where the average rent for a Manhattan apartment is $4,140, according to RENTCafé data. But far too ...