A Fair Chance

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A Fair Chance

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

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What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

My ID

City Studies

My ID

How Can I Improve My Park?

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How Can I Improve My Park?

What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Print Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Rent stabilization is a law that makes housing more affordable to thousands of New Yorkers by limiting how often and how much rent can go up. But tenants don’t always know their rights, and are sometimes afraid to demand them. Landlords eager to cash in on increasing property values often pressure tenants to move out, and harass them to make it difficult for them to stay.

In 2013, CUP collaborated with the Chinatown-based organization CAAAV and designers IntraCollaborative to create a Chinese and English fold-out poster that helps all tenants, including rent stabilized tenants, know and claim their rights. CAAAV recognized that, despite important laws on the books, many people couldn’t access their rights because they didn’t know about them, and as a result were being illegally evicted. The project has been developed into a Spanish-language edition and a subway poster campaign. It has been so successful and influential that the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) approached CUP about updating and adapting it to reach a larger audience in 2017.

The poster provides information on how to challenge harassment and other illegal practices, and how to find tenant resources. The HPD version also includes content explaining new and updated policies to combat harassment and discrimination in housing.

From Shelter to Apartment

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From Shelter to Apartment

Figuring Out Health Insurance

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Figuring Out Health Insurance

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

What Up With DAT?

Technical Assistance

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Urban Investigations

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

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Reclaim Your Worker Rights