Basement apartments help alleviate the housing crunch in urban areas by providing affordable options. Illegal apartments that are not up to code can result in unsafe living conditions. As a landlord, ...

We are looking at a two-family frame house in the Slope. The house is three stories plus english basement, zoned as a two-family. The basement studio apartment has one door plus two windows with ...

“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 ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state budget includes a “pilot program” for legalizing basement apartments in the city. Official details on this pilot, for now, are sparse. But while speaking to WNYC’s ...

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 ...