Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

In the Streets!

Urban Investigations

In the Streets!

¡No me han pagado!

Public Access Design

¡No me han pagado!

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Making Policy Public

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Print Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive? - Simplified Chinese

Rent stabilization is a law that makes housing more affordable to thousands of New Yorkers by limiting how often and how much rent can go up. But tenants don’t always know their rights, and are sometimes afraid to demand them. Landlords eager to cash in on increasing property values often pressure tenants to move out, and harass them to make it difficult for them to stay.

In 2013, CUP collaborated with the Chinatown-based organization CAAAV and designers IntraCollaborative to create a Chinese and English fold-out poster that helps all tenants, including rent stabilized tenants, know and claim their rights. CAAAV recognized that, despite important laws on the books, many people couldn’t access their rights because they didn’t know about them, and as a result were being illegally evicted. The project has been developed into a Spanish-language edition and a subway poster campaign. It has been so successful that the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) approached CUP about updating and adapting it to reach a larger audience in 2017.

The poster provides information on how to challenge harassment and other illegal practices, and how to find tenant resources. The HPD version also includes content explaining new and updated policies to combat harassment and discrimination in housing.

Social Security Risk Machine

Making Policy Public

Social Security Risk Machine

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Field Guide to Federalism

City Studies

Field Guide to Federalism

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Education Rights for Families

Technical Assistance

Education Rights for Families