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 ...

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 ...

A reader asks: I am living in a basement at [address withheld] and just wanted to know if it is legal. It is a walk-in basement and the situation I am facing living in the basement is unbearable. City ...

Thinking of turning that extra space into a real rental? From permits to practical steps, here's what you need to know before calling it a legal apartment.

“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 ...

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, ...

Approaching the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ida, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a former Brooklyn councilmember, released a new report, “Bringing Basement Apartments into the Light.” The ...