No IAI Increase Without Tenant's Written Consent

February 23, 2015

LVT Number: #26014

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that it had installed a new front door to tenant's apartment and was entitled to an individual apartment improvement (IAI) increase. But landlord didn't get tenant's written consent to the rent increase. An email exchange where tenant acknowledged that the door would be installed didn't qualify. Landlord also claimed that it believe that all rent registrations were current when it bought the building.

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that it had installed a new front door to tenant's apartment and was entitled to an individual apartment improvement (IAI) increase. But landlord didn't get tenant's written consent to the rent increase. An email exchange where tenant acknowledged that the door would be installed didn't qualify. Landlord also claimed that it believe that all rent registrations were current when it bought the building. But the prior landlord hadn't registered the unit for 2010, 2011, or 2012. So the DRA properly froze tenant's rent at $574 per month.

Blue Stone Management Realty, LLC: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. CN110040RO (12/3/14) [4-pg. doc.]

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