SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION

Landlord Claims Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated

July 19, 2022    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling in 2018 that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation in 2014. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The DHCR found that...

Building Was Exempt from Rent Stabilization Due to Substantial Rehab

June 23, 2022    

Prior landlord submitted an application to the DHCR in 2004, seeking a ruling that the building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA dismissed that case because prior landlord...

Building Is Exempt Due to Substantial Rehabilitation

June 14, 2022    

Prior landlord filed an application (Form RS-3 Application) with the DHCR in 2004 to determine whether its building was exempt from rent stabilization. In 2007, the DRA closed the case without action due to the prior...

Tenant Who Lived in Building Before Substantial Rehab Remained Rent Stabilized

March 21, 2022    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation based on substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled for landlord.  DOB approved landlord's application and renovation...

Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was in Substandard Condition

December 22, 2021    

Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2018 for a determination that its building had been substantially rehabilitated and therefore was exempt from rent stabilization. The DHCR ruled against landlord, who then filed an...

DHCR Must Reconsider Landlord's Substantial Rehab Claim

December 21, 2021    

Landlord asked the DHCR in 2018 for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord...

Landlord Doesn't Prove Substantial Rehab of Building

December 21, 2021    

Landlord asked the DHCR in 2016 to determine whether its building was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from regulation due to substantial rehabilitation performed after Jan. 1, 1974....

Substantially Rehabbed Building Was Exempt From Rent Stabilization

December 20, 2021    

Landlord asked the DHCR in 2017 for a ruling on whether its building was exempt from rent regulation due to substantial rehabilitation. Landlord stated that the building was vacant when the rehab began, and that the...

Landlord Fails to Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabbed

November 19, 2021    

Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2019 for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord bought the...

Landlord Can't Prove Building Exempt Due to Substantial Rehab

October 26, 2021    

Landlord requested a ruling from the DHCR in 2015 concerning a building's rent regulation status, and claimed that the building had been substantially rehabilitated in 2000. The DRA ruled against landlord,...

Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated

July 20, 2021    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. Landlord bought the building in 2015 and claimed that the building was in seriously...

Landlord Claims Buildings Are Exempt Due to Substantial Rehab

June 21, 2021    

Landlord filed three separate applications with the DHCR to determine if its three buildings were exempt from rent regulation based on substantial rehabilitation. Landlord bought the buildings in 2014 and claimed...