Tenant Verified Income to Avoid High-Rent Deregulation

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to answer the notice of landlord's application. Tenant appealed and got the case reopened. Tenant proved that she had submitted an answer to the DRA. Tenant claimed that her annual income for 2007 and 2008 was less than $175,000 each year. She didn't file income tax returns because her income was so low that it wasn't required. But tenant did submit enough income verification information that the DHCR could conduct an inquiry with DTF. So the case was sent back to the DRA to determine whether the apartment qualified for deregulation.

Zetone: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. YE410026RT (8/13/10) [3-pg. doc.]