Council hears testimony on illegal home conversions bill
Housing Committee focuses on crooked landlords
A bill introduced by Councilmember Vincent Gentile to crack down on illegal home conversions was the subject of a City Council hearing on Monday as lawmakers sought to come up with remedies for the escalating housing problem.
The council’s Housing and Buildings Committee, chaired by Councilmember Jumaane Williams (D-Flatbush) held a public hearing on Gentile’s bill.
Illegal home conversions take place when a property owner subdivides a single-family or two-family home into multiple units, in some cases as small as a single room, and rents them out to tenants.