The DHCR hearings on its proposed regulations to ban "unique or peculiar" increases just for leaving the Mitchell-Lama (or Project-based Section 8) program, were well attended.
In Manhattan, perhaps 60 people filled a room meant for 45, with the overflow listening to presentations broadcast outside the hearing room. The hearing and issue are reviewed in The Indypendent newspaper. To read the prepared testimony of several (but not all!) those speaking in support of the regulations, click here.
A report is due soon from the Mineola (17 people signed up in advance to speak) and White Plains hearings.
Click on "read more" below to see the regulations under consideration.
9 NYCRR 2503 ADJUSTMENTS
Owners and tenants may apply for an adjustment of the initial legal regulated rent based on unique and peculiar circumstances when a unit first enters the rent stabilized program under the Emergency Tenant Protection Act. However, previous regulation under the Private Housing Finance Law or other State or Federal regulation does not, in and of itself, constitute unique and peculiar circumstances. Any economic loss predicated by an owner's withdrawal from such prior alternative governmental regulation can be addressed through the filing of a hardship application.
9 NYCRR 2522 RENT ADJUSTMENTS
Owners and tenants may apply for an adjustment of the initial legal regulated rent based on unique or peculiar circumstances when a unit first enters the rent stabilization program. Previous regulation under the Private Housing Finance Law (PHFL) or other State or Federal regulation does not, in and of itself, constitute unique and peculiar circumstances. Any economic loss predicated by an owner's withdrawal from such prior alternative governmental regulation can be addressed through the filing of a hardship application.
