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 ...

For most homeowners, a basement is just glorified storage space. Even finished basements often present a challenge—most of us default to throwing an old rug, couch, and TV down there and calling it an ...

For New York City Council Member Darma Diaz, like so many others, an unsafe basement apartment once served as the only attainable option for housing. After many families living in illegal basement ...

Amit Shivprasad knows the promise and peril of basement apartments. The low-cost but often illegal type of housing provided a home for him and his family after they emigrated from Guyana in 1997 to ...

When will we finally stop letting our neighbors die? Ten years ago, Hurricane Sandy struck the city and took the lives of 44 New Yorkers. Fast forward to one year ago, when Hurricane Ida claimed the ...

Here's what you need to know before you can rent out the lowest level of your property. Basement apartments provide affordable housing options in crowded urban hubs like New York City, where the ...