Let’s face it. The term “English basement” is just a linguistic trick designed to make underground dwellers feel slightly less downtrodden. Life in an English basement can be aesthetically tough.

Basement apartments help alleviate the housing crunch in urban areas by providing affordable options. Illegal apartments that are not up to code can result in unsafe living conditions. As a landlord, ...

There could soon be an influx of basement apartments in New York City, at a time when the city’s affordable housing crisis has become all the more dire. City Council members Brad Lander, Fernando ...

Thousands of New Yorkers living in basement apartments without basic safety protections could soon see their homes legalized ...

The Town of Huntington is proposing changes that would legalize basement apartments and detached garages as secondary living spaces in single-family homes, measures they say will help boost affordable ...

NYC has published draft guidelines to launch a pilot program legalizing basement apartments for qualifying one- and ...