SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION

Prior DHCR Order Determined That Building Was Exempt

September 29, 2016    

Tenant asked the DHCR to rule on whether his building was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt based on a prior 1997 DHCR decision finding that the building had been substantially...

Landlord Can't Amend Rent Registrations to Reflect Claimed Substantial Rehab

September 28, 2016    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for amendment to its 2011 annual rent registration. The DRA ruled against landlord and denied the application. Landlord appealed and lost. The Rent Stabilization Code permits amendment of...

Not Enough Systems Replaced to Qualify as Substantial Rehab

September 28, 2016    

The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that work performed didn’t constitute a substantial rehabilitation of the building and that the building remained subject to rent stabilization. Landlord appealed and...

Landlord Didn't Refile Application for Exemption Based on Substantial Rehab

July 25, 2016    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge and said that landlord failed to register her apartment. Landlord claimed that it bought the empty building in 2000, following a 1997 fire. In 2005, landlord filed an application...

Landlord Proved Substandard Building Was Substantially Rehabbed

July 22, 2016    

Landlord asked the DHCR to determine whether its building had been substantially rehabilitated. The DRA ruled for landlord, finding that at least 75 percent of the building-wide and apartment systems were replaced in...

Was Building Substantially Rehabilitated?

April 25, 2016    

Landlord asked the DHCR to rule on whether his building was subject to rent regulation. Landlord pointed out that, in a prior proceeding, the DRO had dismissed a tenant rent overcharge complaint because evidence...

Landlord Claims Building Exempt from Rent Stabilization

April 25, 2016    

Tenant complaint of rent overcharge and stated that landlord hadn’t registered the apartment since 1995. Landlord claimed that the building contained four apartments and wasn’t subject to rent...

Not Enough Work Done to Qualify as Substantial Rehab

November 23, 2015    

Landlord asked the DHCR to determine its building’s rent regulation status. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from rent stabilization based on substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled against...

Landlord Didn't Submit Sufficient Proof of Substantial Rehab

October 19, 2015    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a determination that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that prior...

Substantially Rehabilitated Building Exempt from Rent Stabilization

September 23, 2015    

Landlord asked the DHCR to decide whether its building was...

Landlord Didn't Replace 75 Percent of Building Systems

August 24, 2015    

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

Building Exempt Due to Substantial Rehabilitation

April 21, 2015    

Landlord asked the DHCR to rule on whether its building was rent stabilized. The DRA ruled for landlord, finding that the building was exempt from rent stabilization because it had been substantially rehabilitated....