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 ...

A video about a mom building her daughters a new apartment to live in rent-free has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was posted by @lxxndaa_ and has garnered 16.6 million views since it was posted on ...

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

In an office building in downtown Manhattan, an 8-foot-long banner stretched across the length of a fluorescent-lit hallway. Five-inch-tall red letters indicated the location of an entrance to a ...

September 7, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google For most homeowners, a basement is just glorified storage space. Even finished basements often present a ...

These New Yorkers aren’t scared of the basement. Last year, Caroline Caugliere, 28, a project manager, rented an apartment in the beneath a seven-unit, four-story residential building in Prospect ...

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, ...

“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 ...