Fact
Sheet #2 - Rent Stabilization Lease Rider
By
law, an owner must include a copy of the Rent Stabilization Rider with
a tenant's vacancy and renewal lease. The Rider describes the rights and
obligations of tenants and owners under the Rent Stabilization Law. The
Rider is only informational; its provisions do not modify or become part
of the lease. Nor does it replace or modify the Rent Stabilization Law
or Code, or any order from the Division of Housing and Community Renewal
(DHCR) or the New York City Rent Guidelines Board.
The
Rider informs a rent stabilized tenant signing a vacancy lease of the legal
regulated rent in effect immediately prior to the vacancy, and explains
how the present rent was computed.
The
owner must provide all rent stabilized tenants with a copy of the Rider
as follows:
- As an attachment
to every vacancy lease signed by a new tenant on or after December
1, 1987;
- As an attachment
to every "Renewal Lease Form" (DHCR Form RTP-8).
A
tenant who does not receive a copy of the Rider may file a "Tenant's
Complaint of Owner's Failure to Renew Lease and/or Failure to Furnish a
Copy of a Signed Lease" (DHCR Form RA-90). Tenants should use
the "Additional Comments" section on the reverse side of that
form to describe the complaint.
DHCR
will issue an order directing the owner to provide the tenant with the
Rider. If the owner does not comply with the order within 20 days, the
rent increases provided for in the new lease will be postponed until the
Rider is provided. The owner may also be fined.
Copies of the Rider are available from DHCR, the Rent Stabilization Association,
and the Real Estate Board of New York, Inc.
For
more information or assistance, call the DHCR Rent InfoLine (718-739-6400)
or visit your Borough or County Rent Office.
DHCR
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