Slumlord Millionaire Documentary Recap
Housing Terms & Programs
Real Estate Terms
NYC Housing Rights Organizations
100
This neighborhood, featured in the documentary, is the last working class neighborhood in Manhattan and many of its residents are actively resisting the 4 luxury mega towers project.
Chinatown
100
With this program, developers can get up to 100% of their property taxes erased for a set number of years if 20% of their projects are marked as affordable housing.
421a Program
100
The term used to describe land and properties divided into categories: Residential (places people can live) ; Commercial (places people buy things / operate businesses) ; Industrial (warehouses and manufacturing places).
Real Estate
100
This organization was featured in Slumlord Millionaire and provides legal and policy support to strengthen the work of grassroots and community-based groups in New York City. In Slumlord Millionaire, attorneys from this organization supported Samantha's family with their discrimination suit.
Take Root Justice
200
This family of four living in Brooklyn is actively working against landlord discrimination and tenant's rights. A major win for this family was the passing of the Asthma Free Housing Act
The Bravo Family
200
Provides housing for individuals and families whose incomes are below a certain threshold, generally defined as costing no more than 30% of household income
Affordable Housing
200
The going rate for property, which is determined by supply and demand. Supply, in this case, is how much properties are available, while demand is how much people want it.
Market Rate
200
This organization, also featured in Slumlord Millionaire, focuses on develop the leadership of working class Asian immigrants to make a significant intervention in the gentrification of NYC by building neighborhood power in Chinatown and Astoria.
CAAV
300
This housing activist was working towards becoming a city council member for her neighborhood in Queens. She gained the support of Bernie Sanders for her campaign. Her neighborhood’s city council race was the most EXPENSIVE in NYC’s history.
Moumita Ahmed
300
The process of displacing (pushing out and replacing) lower income residents with higher income residents.
Gentrification
300
The amount of money a property is worth, which also includes the land the property sits on.
Property Value
300
This Bronx Based Organization has been developing the leadership of Bronx tenants for over 50 years. They help community residents take control of their buildings and create truly affordable, sustainable communities through organizing tenant associations, policy advocacy, and supporting tenant ownership. Hint: This organization is leading the Kingsbridge Armory Project
Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition
400
Janina Davis got her home taken from her in Sunset, Brooklyn, through this scheme. With this scheme, scammers illegally transfer ownership of the property.
Deed Fraud
400
When a household spends more than 30% of its income on rent and utilities.
Rent Burden
400
A legal document that transfers ownership of real estate from a seller to a buyer.
Deed
400
This organization has been serving the residents of the South Bronx, providing direct services to approximately 6,800 residents. Hint: This organization was featured in the Decade of Fire documentary film and was founded during the community restoration after the fires that plagued the Bronx. It's name comes from the street it was founded on.
Banana Kelly
500
The overall message of this documentary was to inspire community residents throughout NYC to ...
Get INVOLVED and participate in actions / strategies that can create housing justice for all.
500
A type of rent control that regulates rent increases and gives tenants protections such as lease renewals and limits on eviction.
Rent Stabilized
500
A person or company that gets land or property ; manages the process of turning it into something new, and then sells it for a profit.
Developer
500
This is a membership driven tenant organizing project of New Settlement Apartments in the Southwest Bronx.
CASA Bronx