A senior citizen lives with her grandchildren. More tenants have roommates.
People come and go.
They can't afford anything else, so they bring other family members with them so they can afford the rent, said Laforest, a tenant organizer and member of the Glen Oaks Tenants Association. There's more people moving in and out on a regular basis . . . It's bad in terms of PTA, school involvement, feeling a stake in your community. Last week, when Gov. George Pataki finally unveiled his rent plan, it included vacancy decontrol, a system that would allow landlords of rent-regulated housing to charge market rents when tenants move out voluntarily, are evicted, or die. The fate of a major rent stabilization law, which expires after midnight June 15, has held up the state budget.