The New York City Council is expected to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would put an end to tenant-paid brokers fees, as the city looks for strategies to tackle the housing affordability crisis. The bill,

A bill to have NYC landlords pay for broker fees, instead of tenants, is up for a vote before the New York City Council.

New York is one of the few cities where tenants paid broker fees instead of landlords. Mandatory broker fees, an unusual feature of New York City apartment hunting long reviled by renters, will be banned under legislation that passed Wednesday after overcoming fierce backlash from the city’s real estate lobby.