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# Learn About Your Rights & Resources At A Tenant Forum November 21
- URL: https://bklyner.com/learn-about-your-rights-resources-at-a-tenant-forum-november-21-2/
- Published: 2013-11-19T17:45:33.000Z
- Updated: 2013-11-19T17:45:33.000Z
- Author: Nora Whelan
- Tags: #API-Imported

![Apartments on Marlborough Road](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dpc_apartments_marlborough1.jpg)

If you’re a renter in the Ditmas Park area, clear your schedule for a Tenant Forum this Thursday, November 21, from 6:30-8pm.

[CAMBA](http://www.camba.org/?ref=bklyner.com) and [Councilmember Jumaane Williams](http://council.nyc.gov/d45/html/members/home.shtml?ref=bklyner.com) are bringing the [Department of Housing Preservation & Development](http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/home/home.shtml?ref=bklyner.com) in for the event, to be held in the auditorium at [PS 269](http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/22/K269/default.htm?ref=bklyner.com) (1957 Nostrand Avenue between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road).

Topics covered will include but are not limited to:

- Getting repairs
- Preventing lead poisoning
- HPD code enforcement
- [Tenants’ rights](http://www.ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/pdfs/publications/Tenant%5FRights%5F2011.pdf?ref=bklyner.com)
- Housing court
- Rent protection for seniors
- [NYCHA housing](http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/home/home.shtml?ref=bklyner.com)
- DHR regulations
- Handling bedbugs
- [Section 8](http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/section8/section8.shtml?ref=bklyner.com)

Renting in New York can be scary business, but Thursday’s forum can help equip you to handle building and landlord issues, and help you feel more comfortable at home. Come, ask questions, and be confident in your rights as a renter.