RESOURCES
Select the option below that best explains your housing situation.
If you have already been evicted
You need to speak to an attorney who can help file an Illegal Lockout Petition.
Call 311 9am-5pm and ask for the “Tenant Helpline” or visit evictionfreenyc.org
If you're experiencing harassment or threats from your landlord, management company, or someone in your building
You can sue your landlord for harassment through an Emergency HP Action proceeding.
Start your case at justfix.nyc
If you've received a legal notice
Save all communication from your landlord and management company, and note carefully how you received them. Then talk to a lawyer.
Call 311 9am-5pm and ask for the “Tenant Helpline” or visit evictionfreenyc.org
To learn about tenant rights and the current state of evictions
Call the Met Council on Housing Tenant’s Rights Hotline at 212-979-0611 or visit metcouncilonhousing.org/program/tenants-rights-hotline
To learn about organizing with your neighbors
You can reach out to a local tenant union for advice and support. Check to see what tenant unions exist in your neighborhood below in the map below:
TENANT ORGANIZATIONS MAP
RESOURCE DIRECTORY
Legal Referrals
311 Housing Help Line, 9am-5pm
Met Council on Housing
Tenant’s Rights Hotline: 212-979-0611
metcouncilonhousing.org
Legal Aid Society
(718) 722 3100; 1 (888) 663 6880
legalaidnyc.org
JustFix
Online filing
Tenant Unions
Crown Heights Tenant Union
crownheightstenantunion@gmail.com
crownheightstenantunion.org
General Meetings, Thursdays 6pm
Bedstuy Tenant Union
bedstuytenantunion@gmail.com
Sunset Park Tenants Union
sunsetparktenantsunion@gmail.com
Flatbush Tenant Coalition
ftcoalition@gmail.com
flatbushpower.org
(718) 635 2623
Parkside Ave Residents Association
parksidebrooklynresidents@gmail.com
Full Time Tenants Union (Bushwick)
fttenantunion@gmail.com
fttenantunion.org
Southwest Brooklyn Tenant Union
swbtu11231@gmail.com
swbtu.org
718-243-9301
Harassment Defense
Contact your local tenant union
Adult Protective Services
To report adult abuse, call (within New York State only): 1-844-697-3505 between 8:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.
ocfs.ny.gov/main/psa
Emergency Repairs
311 App
Housing Preservation & Development (HPD)
212-863-6020
hpderp@hpd.nyc.gov
NYCHA
Call the Customer Contact Center to schedule a repair
(718) 707 7771
Mutual Aid groups
FLYERS
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