Friday 28 December 2018

Money for nothing: Landlords are accused of overcharging tenants for poor renovation work, but is state law to blame?

When Clem Chan and his husband Matthew Haensly signed the lease for their Sunnyside apartment, they thought the landlord was giving them a deal. They agreed to pay $2,500 a month — a discount from the $2,800 the landlord could legally charge. But after reading news stories about the abuses associated with rent-stabilized apartments, Chan decided to look into the apartment’s rental history. For more than two decades, the rent inched up gradually from $800, […]



source https://therealdeal.com/2018/12/28/money-for-nothing-landlords-are-accused-of-overcharging-tenants-for-poor-renovation-work-but-is-state-law-to-blame/

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