Guest Stays with Tenant Three Days per Week

Landlord asked the DRA to increase rent-controlled tenant's rent temporarily based on an increase in the number of adult occupants of tenant's apartment who weren't members of tenant's immediate family. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed, claiming that he had a guest who stayed with him only three days a week and who didn't pay any rent. The DHCR ruled against tenant. Tenant's guest stayed long enough and frequently enough so that landlord qualified for a rent increase. Landlord could collect the rent increase only for as long as tenant's guest continued to stay over at the apartment.

Dobkin: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. KG420011RT (9/12/00) [2-pg. doc.]