Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1987
Publication Title
Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law
Keywords
new york city, rent stabilization, why it failed
Abstract
This article argues that New York City's self-regulation system failed. Its ultimate demise is attributable to several factors: the attempted insulation of decision making from public influence; the attempted exclusion of tenants from the decision-making structure; landlord domination of regulatory bodies and policies; widespread patterns of landlord violations of the rent destabilization code; the failure of regulatory bodies to adequately enforce available sanctions for code violations; and the emergence of countervailing tenant opposition, the subsequent politicization of critical issues and decisions and the eventual deligitimation of the system's structure.
Repository Citation
W. Dennis Keating, Landlord Self-Regulation: New York City's Rent Stabilization System, 1969-1985, 31 Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law 78 (1987)
Volume
31