El Puente in partnership with Assemblywoman Davila, is hosting a free Bushwick & Williamsburg CommUNITY Resource Fair on Saturday, August 24, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Maria Hernandez Park.

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It’s been a real week here in Bushwick already, friends

Local nonprofit helps tenants fight against housing displacement, landlord harassment, and gentrification

Local residents struggle in fight against loft building landlord.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that his office will bolster the Tenant Support Unit, a team that reaches out to low-income residents facing eviction and landlord harassment.

Sadly, it is a very common story

Around 100 Bushwick residents gathered around apartment buildings where long-term residents have been complaining about landlord harassment and rallied in defense of their tenants rights on Sunday April 6, 2014

Oh, you know how Bushwick is so cool and hot at the same time that it regularly gets mentioned at all sorts of lists like the recent Vogue’s list of the coolest neighborhoods in the world? So today Bushwick made another list — albeit a less flattering one — 2015 Worst Landlord List

A guide to the City Council candidates in District 34, 37 and 30 running this general election.

What exactly are your rights as a tenant in this city, and what are the legal obligations of landlords?

A local city council candidate makes the case for alternatives to big real estate

Whoever wins in June will have to decide what to do about the NYCHA deficit

A guide to the candidates running to represent New York’s District 34

Boris Santos will be challenging incumbent Assembly Member Erik Dilan for seat at New York State’s Assembly District 54.

The plan will outline rezoning in the neighborhood.

Here are a few things to keep an eye out for when you’re negotiating with your landlord or prospective landlord about your living arrangement!