Housing Litigation
Rent regulation is intended to protect tenants in privately owned buildings from illegal rent increases and allow owners to maintain their buildings and realize a reasonable profit (True or False)
True
HSTPA is Tenant friendly (True or False)
True
Public Housing is Social Housing (True or False)
False: Social Housing has 3 principals: its non-speculative, publicly backed and democratically run
The two main aspects of a rent-stabilized building
What is six or more units and built before 1974.
What year was the HSTPA passed?
2019
What does CLT stand for
Community Land Trust
Define an HP Action
A tenant can bring a case against a property owner in Housing Court to force them to make repairs and provide essential services, like heat and hot water.
What is the HSTPA?
A comprehensive update to New York's rent regulation laws that provide tenants and prospective tenants with additional protections
Define CLT
A community land trust (CLT) is a nonprofit corporation that holds land on behalf of a place-based community, while serving as the long-term steward for affordable housing, community gardens, civic buildings, commercial spaces and other community assets on behalf of a community.
Most housing court cases end in a
Negotiation
Name one thing the HSTPA does
- Preferential Rent
- Vacancy Increases
- Major Capital Improvements
- Rent Control
- Individual Apartment Improvements
- Rent Overcharge
Etc.
What does HDFC cooperative stand for
Housing Development Fund Corporation cooperatives