No, owners who select to use an electronic lease needs to initially obtain the renter's voluntary composed authorization on form EL-TVC Electronic Lease Offer: Tenant's Voluntary Consent Form.

Tenants who willingly concur with the deal may sign the approval kind digitally and return it digitally or if essential, sign the approval form manually and return the type to the owner by postal mail or individual service. If there are numerous occupants called on the lease, besides spouses or domestic partners, each renter needs to offer their signature to license grant the electronic offer provided by the owner.

Any tenant who thinks that they are being pushed into signing the voluntary approval form, is threatened with retaliation for refusing to sign, or asserts their signature was fraudulently contributed to the type, can file a DHCR Tenant's Statement of Complaint(s) - Harassment (RA-60h).

To find out more on the rights and duties, directions, and procedures relating to electronic lease renewal offerings, see Operational Bulletin 2022-1 and form EL-TVC.

2) How much of an increase in lease will I need to pay when my lease is restored?

The owner may charge a lease boost based on lease guidelines approved by the appropriate Rent Guidelines Board. In specific instances, the rent increase might be determined to include appropriate Major Capital Improvement or Individual Apartment Improvement increases. For more details, including current lease standards, see Fact Sheet # 26.

3) Do I have a right to restore my lease?

Tenants in rent stabilized apartments have a right to select a one- or two-year renewal lease term. Generally, the renewal lease must keep the same terms as the ending lease. To find out more, see Fact Sheet # 4.

4) Under lease stabilization when must the renewal lease be used?

In New York City City (NYC), owners need to offer written notification of renewal by mail or individual shipment not more than 150 days and not less than 90 days before the existing lease ends. Beyond NYC, owners need to initially sign and date the renewal notification, and then send it by licensed mail not more than 120 days and not less than 90 days before the existing lease expires. Tenants have 60 days to choose a lease term, sign the lease, and return it to the owner. Failure to react within 60 days of the lease offering may lead to eviction procedures. To learn more, see Fact Sheet # 4.

5) What if my owner does not provide me a renewal lease?

A tenant must initially call the owner to obtain a lease. If the owner stops working to provide a renewal lease, the tenant has a right to submit a grievance with DHCR on type RA-90, Tenant's Complaint Of Owner's Failure To Renew Lease And/Or Failure To Furnish A Copy of A Signed Lease. For more information, see Fact Sheet # 4.

6) When a lease has multiple occupants named on the lease, what is the result on the lease to be charged at the time of the lease renewal, when one of the called occupants vacates?

In case 2 tenants are called on a lease and one renter vacates, the remaining tenant is entitled to a lease renewal in their name. However, if the remaining tenant wishes to include a brand-new occupant to replace the leaving occupant, it depends on the owner to approve of this. If approved, the owner is entitled to provide a vacancy lease with any legal lease increases.

7) Are the spouses in lawfully performed same sex marriages, entitled to the exact same rent defenses appropriate to partners in legally carried out opposite sex marriages?

Yes. This will widen the scope of both how succession rights can use and the right to include the name of a partner on the lease.

8) Does an occupant in a lease stabilized apartment have the right to include their spouse's name to the lease?

Yes. The tenant deserves to request that the owner include the name of his, her or their partner to the lease as an additional renter if the spouse resides in the house as a primary house. The owner is required to include the additional names at the time of lease renewal. There is no lease boost related to this change, other than the authorized renewal lease boost rates in result at the time of renewal.

9) Is the property manager permitted to collect extra down payment cash at the time of a lease renewal, while a DHCR lease reduction order is in impact?

Yes, supplied that the proprietor has actually provided, and the occupant has accepted a lease renewal. This includes lease decreases for fire damaged or vacant order homes where the rent has been minimized to $1.00.

10) Under what scenarios can the collection of a security deposit be waived?

When an owner states in writing that a security deposit is no longer needed and returns it in its totality, the owner waives their right to gather any down payment in the future from an existing renter. This waiver will use to any subsequent brand-new owner who can not ask for a down payment from this tenant.

When there is a modification in ownership of a building, and the new owner requests a security deposit from an occupant where the previous owner did not request it, the new owner can collect a security deposit only if the occupant's job lease consists of a provision for a down payment, with a quantity specified. If it does not include this arrangement, the brand-new owner can not charge the occupant a security deposit.

11) My structure owners believed that I no longer utilized my house as my primary house due to my yearly winter season residency in Florida. As a result, they did not use me a prompt lease renewal. However, they failed to prove this in court and now have to provide me a renewal lease. When does it commence and what are my rights?

In New York City, renewal leases are needed to be provided between 90 and 150 days prior to the expiration of a lease.

In this scenario, the owners would use a renewal lease less than 90 days prior to the expiration of the existing lease. Therefore, the renter has the option of requesting that the lease be dated to begin on (1) the date a renewal lease would have started had a timely offer been made or (2) on the very first rent payment date happening a minimum of 90 days after the date that the owner does offer the lease to the occupant.

The standard increase to be charged can never be more than the rate in effect on the date in choice (1 ). Whether the renter picks option (1) or (2 ), the new lease will not go into result before the first lease payment date occurring a minimum of 90 days after the deal is made. For more details, see Fact Sheet # 4.

While non-primary home problems are solely figured out by the courts, the rent stabilization code mentions several aspects to be thought about when making a determination. These elements include but are not restricted to the addresses on tax returns, motor vehicle registrations, chauffeur licenses, voting addresses, and tenancy of a housing accommodation of less than 183 days.

12) My very first lease consisted of a provision that restricted the belongings of animals on the rental residential or commercial property. However, I bought a pet dog and it has been living in the apartment with me for 4 years. The owner is threatening to not restore my lease and/or to evict me since of my persistence on keeping my family pet. What are my rights?

The right to own a pet is determined mainly by lease arrangements but is likewise subject to N.Y.C Admin. Code Sec. 27-2009.1, commonly called the "Pet Law." Issues occurring under the Pet Law are not chosen by this company. Matters that can not be settled between the celebrations need to be given court.

The Pet Law offers in part that where a tenant harbors a pet for three months or more and the owner or his, her or their agent knows this truth however fails within this 3 month duration to continue to court to impose the lease arrangement that restricts family pets, the lease provision will be deemed waived.

However, the lease provision can not be waived if the animal damages the properties, produces an annoyance, or disrupts the health, safety, or welfare of other tenants.

To see Section 27-2009.1, see page 12 of the NYC Housing Maintenance Code.

13) Can owners need renters to buy rental insurance for their homes?

Owners are just allowed to need tenants to purchase rental insurance coverage for their homes if it is included as an arrangement in their vacancy leases. It can not be added for the very first time to a renewal lease. In lack of that job lease arrangement, owners are not allowed to need the purchase of rental insurance.

14) Are owners required to accept rent checks signed by someone who is not called on the lease?

No. Owners are not needed to accept lease checks signed by someone who is not the tenant of record, called on the lease.

15) A home subject to rent control is abandoned. It is now being leased as rent supported for the very first time. Can the owner charge the tenant a preferential lease that is less than the Initial lease stabilized rent?

The rent in fact charged and paid by the very first stabilized renter is the initial lease stabilized lease. Therefore, in a lot of situations there can not be an additional preferential lease. Exceptions exist if the subject apartment goes through a regulative contract and the monitoring agency develops a lower lease.