Landlord Can Accept Voluntarily Offered Advance Payment

LVT Number: 17064

Landlord asked the DHCR if it could accept an advance rent payment offered by rent-stabilized tenant. In an opinion letter, the DHCR said yes. If tenant voluntarily offered advance payment, there was no problem. But Rent Stabilization Code Section 2525.4 barred landlord from demanding an advance rent payment.

Landlord asked the DHCR if it could accept an advance rent payment offered by rent-stabilized tenant. In an opinion letter, the DHCR said yes. If tenant voluntarily offered advance payment, there was no problem. But Rent Stabilization Code Section 2525.4 barred landlord from demanding an advance rent payment.

DHCR Opin. Ltr. by Charles Goldstein (7/21/03) [2-pg. doc.]

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