Landlord Changed to Non-Duplicable Entrance Key Without DHCR Approval

February 17, 2017

LVT Number: #27495

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on landlord’s failure to maintain the building entrance door lock. Landlord appealed and lost. When landlord answered tenant’s complaint, it stated that the entrance door lock and key had been modified so that only a non-duplicable key was used and tenant wasn’t provided two keys unless tenant’s co-occupant provided identification.

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on landlord’s failure to maintain the building entrance door lock. Landlord appealed and lost. When landlord answered tenant’s complaint, it stated that the entrance door lock and key had been modified so that only a non-duplicable key was used and tenant wasn’t provided two keys unless tenant’s co-occupant provided identification. Therefore, the DRA correctly found that there was a decrease in service and that the entrance door modification without prior DHCR approval wasn’t de minimis--that is, minor.  

 

 

 
Kosova Properties, Inc.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. ET410008RO (12/15/16) [2-pg. doc.]

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