Fact
Sheet #19 - Small Building Owners' Assistance Unit
The
New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) established
the Small Building Owners' Assistance Unit in 1984 to provide special assistance
to owners of rent regulated buildings with a total of 50 units or less.
DHCR's
Small Building Owners' Assistance Unit has an office at 92-31 Union Hall
Street, 4th Floor, Jamaica, Queens, and offers its services at the Borough
and County Rent Offices throughout the State. The Unit provides small
building owners with advice on and assists them with:
- Preparation
of forms for allowable rent increases;
- Lease renewal
procedures;
- Applications
for major capital improvement rent increases (MCI);
- Applications
for hardship rent increases;
- Responses
to tenant objections to building registration information;
- Responses
to Fair Market Rent Appeals;
- Responses
to tenant complaints;
- Preparation
of Petitions for Administrative Review (PARs) of Rent Administrator's
orders; and
- Rent Registration
For
more information or assistance, call the DHCR Rent InfoLine (718-739-6400)
or visit your Borough or County Rent Office.
DHCR
Version 6/18/07
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