Rent By Jennifer White Karp | Tenant leaders from New York State Tenant Bloc, CAAAV Voice, CASA, and Met Council on Housing organized a rally outside El Museo del Barrio ahead of tonight’s vote. Alexandra Chan for Tenant Bloc In a vote of 7-1, the Rent Guidelines Board tonight approved rent freezes for both one- and two-year leases—the first time a zero percent rent increase has been implemented for two-year leases.