No, owners who select to use an electronic lease should first obtain the tenant's voluntary composed approval on type EL-TVC Electronic Lease Offer: Tenant's Voluntary Consent Form.

Tenants who willingly concur with the offer may sign the approval type electronically and return it electronically or if needed, sign the authorization kind manually and return the form to the owner by postal mail or personal service. If there are multiple occupants called on the lease, other than spouses or domestic partners, each renter needs to provide their signature to authorize grant the electronic offer supplied by the owner.

Any tenant who believes that they are being persuaded into signing the voluntary authorization kind, is threatened with retaliation for refusing to sign, or asserts their signature was fraudulently added to the kind, can submit a DHCR Tenant's Statement of Complaint(s) - Harassment (RA-60h).

For more details on the rights and obligations, directions, and procedures concerning electronic lease renewal offerings, see Operational Bulletin 2022-1 and form EL-TVC.

2) Just how much of an increase in rent will I have to pay when my lease is renewed?

The owner may charge a lease increase based on lease standards authorized by the relevant Rent Guidelines Board. In certain instances, the lease increase may be computed to include applicable Major Capital Improvement or Individual Apartment Improvement boosts. For more details, consisting of present lease standards, see Fact Sheet # 26.

3) Do I have a right to renew my lease?

Tenants in lease stabilized homes have a right to pick a one- or two-year renewal lease term. Generally, the renewal lease should keep the same conditions as the ending lease. To find out more, see Fact Sheet # 4.

4) Under lease stabilization when must the renewal lease be offered?

In New York City City (NYC), owners should offer written notice of renewal by mail or personal shipment not more than 150 days and not less than 90 days before the existing lease ends. Outside of NYC, owners need to first sign and date the renewal notice, and then send it by qualified mail not more than 120 days and not less than 90 days before the existing lease ends. Tenants have 60 days to choose a lease term, sign the lease, and return it to the owner. Failure to react within 60 days of the lease offering might result in expulsion procedures. For additional information, see Fact Sheet # 4.

5) What if my owner does not offer me a renewal lease?

An occupant ought to first contact the owner to get a lease. If the owner fails to provide a renewal lease, the renter has a right to submit a grievance with DHCR on type RA-90, Tenant's Complaint Of Owner's Failure To Renew Lease And/Or Failure To Furnish A Copy of A Signed Lease. To learn more, see Fact Sheet # 4.

6) When a lease has numerous tenants called on the lease, what is the impact on the rent to be charged at the time of the lease renewal, when one of the called renters abandons?

In the event that two renters are called on a lease and one renter moves out, the remaining tenant is entitled to a lease renewal in their name. However, if the staying occupant desires to include a brand-new tenant to replace the abandoning occupant, it depends on the owner to authorize of this. If approved, the owner is entitled to release a job lease with any legal lease increases.

7) Are the partners in lawfully performed same sex marital relationships, entitled to the very same lease protections appropriate to spouses in lawfully performed opposite sex marital relationships?

Yes. This will widen the scope of both how succession rights can use and the right to consist of the name of a partner on the lease.

8) Does a tenant in a rent supported home have the right to include their spouse's name to the lease?

Yes. The tenant has the right to request that the owner include the name of his, her or their partner to the lease as an extra tenant if the partner resides in the apartment or condo as a primary home. The owner is required to add the extra names at the time of lease renewal. There is no lease boost related to this modification, other than the approved renewal lease boost rates in effect at the time of renewal.

9) Is the landlord permitted to collect additional security deposit money at the time of a lease renewal, while a DHCR lease reduction order is in impact?

Yes, provided that the property owner has offered, and the tenant has actually accepted a lease renewal. This consists of rent reductions for fire harmed or uninhabited order apartment or condos where the rent has been decreased to $1.00.

10) Under what scenarios can the collection of a security deposit be waived?

When an owner states in composing that a security deposit is no longer needed and returns it in its whole, the owner waives their right to gather any security deposit in the future from an existing renter. This waiver will use to any subsequent new owner who can not request a security deposit from this renter.

When there is a change in ownership of a structure, and the new owner demands a down payment from a renter where the prior owner did not request it, the brand-new owner can collect a security deposit just if the tenant's job lease consists of an arrangement for a security deposit, with a quantity defined. If it does not contain this provision, the brand-new owner can not charge the tenant a security deposit.

11) My building owners believed that I no longer utilized my house as my primary house due to my annual winter season residency in Florida. As a result, they did not offer me a prompt lease renewal. However, they failed to show this in court and now need to use me a renewal lease. When does it commence and what are my rights?

In New York City City, renewal leases are required to be provided in between 90 and 150 days prior to the expiration of a lease.

In this circumstance, the owners would use a renewal lease less than 90 days prior to the expiration of the existing lease. Therefore, the renter has the alternative of asking for that the lease be dated to begin on (1) the date a renewal lease would have begun had a timely offer been made or (2) on the first lease payment date happening at least 90 days after the date that the owner does provide the lease to the tenant.

The standard boost to be charged can never be more than the rate in impact on the date in choice (1 ). Whether the tenant chooses alternative (1) or (2 ), the new rent will not enter into impact before the first rent payment date taking place at least 90 days after the deal is made. To learn more, see Fact Sheet # 4.

While non-primary residence concerns are exclusively determined by the courts, the lease stabilization code points out numerous factors to be taken into account when making a determination. These elements include but are not limited to the addresses on income tax return, motor automobile registrations, chauffeur licenses, voting addresses, and tenancy of a housing accommodation of less than 183 days.

12) My first lease consisted of an arrangement that forbade the possession of family pets on the rental residential or commercial property. However, I bought a pet and it has actually been residing in the apartment or condo with me for 4 years. The owner is threatening to not restore my lease and/or to evict me because of my persistence on keeping my animal. What are my rights?

The right to own a pet is identified mainly by lease provisions however is also subject to N.Y.C Admin. Code Sec. 27-2009.1, commonly called the "Pet Law." Issues arising under the Pet Law are not decided by this company. Matters that can not be settled in between the celebrations ought to be given court.

The Pet Law offers in part that where a tenant harbors a family pet for three months or more and the owner or his, her or their representative has knowledge of this fact however stops working within this three month duration to continue to court to impose the lease arrangement that restricts pets, the lease provision will be considered waived.

However, the lease arrangement can not be waived if the family pet damages the facilities, produces an annoyance, or interferes with the health, security, or well-being of other occupants.

To see Section 27-2009.1, see page 12 of the NYC Housing Maintenance Code.

13) Can owners need renters to acquire rental insurance for their apartments?

Owners are only allowed to require occupants to purchase rental insurance coverage for their apartment or condos if it is consisted of as an arrangement in their job leases. It can not be added for the very first time to a renewal lease. In lack of that job lease provision, owners are not enabled to require the purchase of rental insurance.

14) Are owners required to accept rent checks signed by somebody who is not named on the lease?

No. Owners are not required to accept rent checks signed by somebody who is not the renter of record, named on the lease.

15) An apartment or condo topic to lease control is vacated. It is now being rented as rent supported for the very first time. Can the owner charge the tenant a preferential lease that is less than the Initial rent supported lease?

The lease really charged and paid by the first supported renter is the preliminary rent stabilized lease. Therefore, in most scenarios there can not be an additional preferential rent. Exceptions exist if the subject home is subject to a regulative contract and the monitoring company develops a lower lease.