Apartments in good cause buildings for rent near SIM30 Sunnyside - Midtown Manhattan Express in Midtown South, Manhattan

Good cause refers to buildings that fall under a tenant-protection category tied to limits on certain rent increases or non-renewals. It does not describe a neighborhood or a type of apartment style.

No. Good cause is not income-restricted, subsidized, NYCHA, HPD, Section 8, or housing-lottery housing. It is a market housing category with tenant protections, so the asking rent is still set in the regular market.

This page does not use Openigloo’s affordable filter. For reference, that filter is based on the 25th percentile of gross rents within the page’s scope, not on a government affordability program.

Confirm the building’s status, how renewals work, whether any fee rules apply, and the full move-in cost. Ask about broker fees, deposits, utilities, and any lease clauses that affect rent changes or renewal terms.

With 34+ apartments for rent and a median rent of $5,830, you can use the median as a rough benchmark, but individual units may be higher or lower depending on size, layout, and building amenities.

In this snapshot, East Village has 225+ apartments for rent, Hell's Kitchen has 388+ apartments for rent, Stuyvesant Town/PCV has 268+ apartments for rent, Kips Bay has 221+ apartments for rent, and Yorkville has 196+ apartments for rent.

Transit access, building age, amenities, and lease terms all affect total cost. A lower asking rent can still become expensive once you add fees, utilities, deposits, or a broker fee.