RENT INCREASE ORDERED

No Tenant Consent Required for IAIs Ordered Before Tenant’s Vacancy Lease Commenced

May 23, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant but found a total overcharge with interest of only $460. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that landlord failed to prove the cost...

Landlord Can Collect Rent Increases Retroactively

April 26, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge because, starting in May 2014, landlord retroactively sought to collect minimum dollar rent increases and not the guideline percentage increases under a lease that...

DHCR Reasonably Found Landlord's IAI Documentation Sufficient

April 19, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant, finding that landlord was entitled to a rent increase based on individual apartment improvements (IAIs). Tenant then filed an...

Landlord Can Increase Rent-Controlled Tenant's Rent for Painting

February 17, 2016    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a rent increase after painting a rent-controlled tenant’s apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenant’s rent by $12.50. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant...

Rent Hike Granted for First-Time Painting of Rent-Controlled Apartment

January 21, 2016    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to increase rent-controlled tenant’s rent based on painting, which was not a service included in tenant’s rent. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenant...

Landlord Proves $143,000 Spent on IAIs

August 24, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The DRA found that the base rent date was Oct. 16, 2008, four years before tenant filed his complaint. The...

No Proof Prior Landlord Waived A/C Surcharge

June 17, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge baed...

Landlord Proved Individual Apartment Improvement Costs

April 23, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $85,750. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the DRA should have disallowed more individual...

Landlord's DOB Estimate Didn't Limit Collectible IAI Costs

March 24, 2015    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant. Landlord proved the cost of individual apartment improvements (IAIs) performed in 2008 and then collected a proper vacancy rent increase when tenant...

Landlord Proved Cost of Individual Apartment Improvements

March 23, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The DRA found that landlord proved the cost of individual apartment improvements made before tenant moved in...

Landlord Can Collect Appliance Surcharges

February 23, 2015    

Rent-controlled tenant complained of rent overcharge after a recent MBR rent increase. She also claimed landlord improperly charged her surcharges for a washing machine and air conditioner. The DRA ruled against...

Landlord Qualified for MBR Increase

January 26, 2015    

The DRA granted landlord's application for 2014-2015 Maximum Base Rent (MBR) increases based on its finding that landlord had correctly certified violation clearance requirements. Tenant challenged the DRA's...