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CTRC Fact Sheet #104
NEW YORK CITY HISTORICAL RENT GUIDELINES SUMMARIES
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This chart is formatted for 72 columns and is best displayed in a
monospace font such as courier. The reader is advised the
following is only a summary of percentages applicable to vacancy
and/or renewal leases. In any given period there may be
applicable supplements and exclusions which depend on the rental
history of the unit in question. For specific methods of
calculating allowable RGB increases for any given period, consult
the notes accompanying this chart and also with the full-text of
the specific order.
This chart was compiled from data provided by:
NYC Rent Guidelines Board
51 Chambers Street #202
New York, NY 10007
Tel (212) 349-2262
NYC Conciliation and Appeals Board (defunct)
Community Training and Resource Center (see below)
47 Ann Street
New York, NY 10038
Tel (212)964-7200
Fax (212)227-1125
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NEW YORK CITY HISTORICAL RENT GUIDELINES CHART
(numbers in parentheses refer to footnotes which must be
consulted in the calculation of the guidelines)
See below for additional allowances for electrical inclusions,
subletting and separate stabilizers.
NYC RGB Affecting leases 1-year 2-year 3-year Vacancy
Order No. starting between lease lease lease allowance
1 6/1/68-6/30/70 10%(1) 10% 15% 5%-2yr lease
10%-3yr lease
2 7/1/70-6/30/71 6% 8% 11% 7.5%
3 7/1/71-6/30/72 7% 9% 12% See note(2)
4 7/1/72-6/30/73 6% 8% 10% See note(2)
5 7/1/73-6/30/74 6.5% 8.5% 10.5% See note(2)
6, 7/1/74-6/30/75 8.5% 10.5% 12% None
6a,6c(3)
7(3) 7/1/75-6/30/76 7.5% 9.5% 12.5% 5%
8(3) 7/1/76-6/30/77 6.5% 8% 11% 5%
9 7/1/77-6/30/78 6.5% 8.5% 11.5% 5%
10(6) 7/1/78-6/30/79 3.5% 5.5% 7.5% 5%
10a (same) 4.5% 6.5% 8.5% 5%
10b(7) (same) 2.5% 2% 0.5% ---
10c(8) (same) $12 per month 15%
10d(9) (same) $8 per month ---
10e(10) (same) $8 per month ---
11 7/1/79-6/30/80 8.5% 12% 15% 5%(11)
11a(l2) (same) $8 per month ---
11b(l2) (same) $8 per month ---
12 7/1/80-9/30/81 11%(13) l4%(l3) 17%(13) 5%(14)
13 10/1/81-9/30/82 l0%(l5) l3%(l5) 16%(l5) l5%(16)
14 10/1/82-9/30/83 4% 7% 10% None
15(17) 10/1/83-9/30/84 4% 7% n/a(l8) 0/5/
10/15%(19)
16(20) 10/1/84-9/30/85 6% 9% n/a 7.5%
17(21) 10/1/85-9/30/86 4% 6.5% n/a 7.5%
18(22) 10/1/86-9/30/87 6% 9% 7.5%
19(23) 10/1/87-9/30/88 3% 6.5% 10%
20(24) 10/1/88-9/30/89 6% 9% 12%
21(25) 10/1/89-9/30/90 5.5% 9% 12%
22 10/1/90-9/30/91 4.5% 7% 5%(26)
23 10/1/91-9/30/92 4% 6.5% 5%(26)
24 10/1/92-9/30/93 3% 5% 5%(26)
25 10/1/93-9/30/94 3% 5% 0/3/5%(27)
26(28) 10/1/94-9/30/95 2% 4% 5%(29)
27(30) 10/1/95-9/30/96 2% 4% 8.5%
28(31) 10/1/96-9/30/97 5% 7% 9%
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Additional Allowances:
RGB Electrical For For separate
Order Number Inclusion subletting stabilizer
1 None same as vacancy none
2 None 7.5% 1%
3 None 10% 1%
4 None 5% 1/2%
5 None 5% none
6a,6c 2.5%(4) none 1/2%
7 3.5% 5% none
8 3.5%(5) 5% none
9 4.0%(5) 5% none
10,10a 0.5% 5% none
10b -- -- --
11 None 5% none
12 1.5% 5%/10% (14) none
13 4.0% 15% none
14 Minus 1% none none
15 Minus 1%
(for subsequent orders, see full text of RGB orders)
For information pertaining to Fuel Surcharges, Fair Market Rent
Appeals, Senior Citizens Rent Increase Examption (SCRIE), Lofts
and Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Hotels, see full text of RGB
orders.
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Notes below must be consulted in the calculation of the
above guidelines.
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The information in this chart may be used as a reference for rent
adjustments to be found in the registered rent history obtainable
from the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
(DHCR). This chart is not intended to determine if an overcharge
exists before filing an overcharge complaint (Form RA-89) with
DHCR. Because many factors besides the guidelines come into play,
it is strongly recommended that tenants not try to determine the
legal rent by themselves. Instead, they should file an overcharge
complaint with the DHCR both to determine the legal rent for the
apartment and the possibility of an overcharge. It is the
stabilized tenant's right to pay no more than the legal rent.
[Note: any determination of overcharges will only be effective
for the four years prior to the filing of a complaint with DHCR,
and the awarding of treble damages will only apply to two years
prior to filing the complaint.]
A separate factsheet on the current Rent Guidelines Board Order
is available. It gives more detail on how guideline adjustments
may be applied.
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Notes
1 Tenant could request and obtain a one-year lease extension
at the same rental.
2 Vacancy destabilization was in effect between 7/1/71 and
6/30/74.
3 For some apartments which had been vacancy decontrolled or
destabilized the following guidelines (Orders 6, 7, and 8)
were also subject to guideline limitation formulae further
limiting the increase in rent.
4 For lease which commenced between 9/1/74 and 6/30/75.
5 Collectible only if the landlord did not collect an electric
inclusion allowance previously.
6 Superseded by Order No. 10a.
7 Fuel surcharge effective 3/1/79 collectible for the duration
of the lease; not to become a part of the base rent.
8 Fuel surcharge of $12 a month effective 1/1/80 through
6/30/80 for all leases executed under Order 10, 10a, and
10b. This surcharge, and the surcharge Of Order lOb,
requires a lease rider in the current lease permitting the
landlord to collect surcharges made by the Rent Guidelines
Board after the effective date or the lease. The 15 percent
vacancy allowance is effective 2/1/80 through 6/30/80,
applying only to vacancy leases commencing within that five-
month period.
9 Supersedes Order 10c; effective for one year from 7/1/80
through 6/30/81. The $8 may not be added to the base rent
for the purpose of calculating future rent increases of any
kind. This surcharge requires a lease rider as explained
above in footnote 8.
10 Supersedes Order 10d, but continues 10d's $8 a month fuel
surcharge until the expiration of the lease.
11 Superseded by Order 10c that was actually adopted on a later
date than Order 11. The effect was to hike the 5 percent
vacancy allowance in Order 11 to 15 percent effective in the
final five-month period of this order, as explained in
footnote 8 above.
12 Fuel surcharge of $8 a month effective one year from the
commencement day of leases commencing between 7/1/79 through
6/30/80. By definition, this surcharge can only affect
multiple-year leases in their 2nd and 3rd years. As in Order
10c, requires authorizing lease rider.
13 For one-, two-, and three-year leases respectively, 5, 7,
and 9 percent if the tenant's heat is not supplied by the
landlord. Note that this guideline period is fifteen
months.
14 Vacancy allowance may be 10 percent if vacancy lease being
executed is the first vacancy lease since July 1, 1975.
15 For one-, two-, and three-year leases respectively, 6.5,
9.5, and 12.5 percent if tenant's heat is not supplied by
landlord.
16 This vacancy allowance was ordered effective three months
early, on 7/1/81, seamlessly continuing the 15 percent of
Order 10c. Many tenants were hit in these two periods with
two vacancy allowances plus two guidelines, raising the rent
50 and 60 percent making a mockery of the term
"stabilization." Later challenged, the courts upheld these
hikes.
17 For rentals under $200 a month on 9/30/83, the landlord is
allowed to add $10 to the rent after applying the guideline
increase of 4 or 7 percent, so long as the resulting rent
does not exceed $208 for a one-year, or $214 for a two-year
lease.
18 Effective 10/1/83, the landlord was no longer required to
offer a three-year lease. The law that deleted the three-
year lease option extended the right of choosing a one-, or
two-year lease to tenants signing a vacancy lease (renewing
tenants always had this right), and stopped the Rent
Guidelines Board from adopting surcharges after the setting
of the annual guidelines.
19 Vacancy allowance (VA) applies as follows: 0% if 15% VA or
more has been collected since 7/1/79; 5% if less than 15%
but more than 0% VA has been collected since 6/1/79; 10% if
the last VA collected was between 7/1/75 and 6/30/79, 15% if
no VA has been collected in any guideline period since
7/1/74.
20 For rentals under $250 a month on 9/30/84, the landlord is
allowed to add $10 to the rent after applying the guideline
increase of 6 or 9 percent, so long as the resulting rent
does not exceed $265 for a one-year, or $272.50 for a two-
year lease.
21 For rentals under $300 a month on 9/30/85, the landlord is
allowed to add $15 to the rent after applying the guideline
increase of 4 or 6.5 percent, so long as the resulting rent
does not exceed $312 for a one-year, or $319.50 for a two-
year lease.
22 For rentals under $350 a month on 9/30/86, the landlord is
allowed to add $15 to the rent after applying the guideline
increase of 6 or 9 percent, so long as the resulting rent
does not exceed $371 for a one-year, or $381.50 for a two-
year lease
23 For rentals under $325 a month on 9/30/87 the landlord is
allowed to add $10 to the rent after applying the guideline
increase of 3 or 6.5 percent, so long as the resulting rent
does not exceed $334.75 for a one-year, or $346.13 for a two-
year lease.
24 For rentals under $325 a month on 9/30/88, the landlord is
allowed to add $5 to the rent after applying the guideline
increase of 6 or 9 percent, so long as the resulting rent
does not exceed $344.50 for a one-year, or $354.25 for a two-
year lease.
25 For rentals under $325 a month on 9/30/89, the landlord is
allowed to add $5 to the rent after applying the guideline
increase of 5.5 or 9 percent, so long as the resulting rent
does not exceed $342.88 for a one-year, or $354.25 for a two-
year lease.
26 The vacancy allowance may be only collected once during the
October to September guideline period.
27 Vacancy allowance for rents below $500 is 5.0%, for rents
between $500 and $1000 it is 3.0%, and for those above
$1000, it is 0%.
28 For rentals below $400 as of 9/30/94, in buildings of 30
units or less, add $15 surcharge after guidelines increase.
29 The vacancy allowance is 5% for rents under $1000. In
buildings of 30 units or less where the rent is less than
$400, the vacancy allowance is 10%.
30 For rentals $400 or less as of 9/30/95, add $20 surcharge
after guidelines increase.30
31 For rentals $400 or less as of 9/30/96, add $20 surcharge
after guidelines increase.
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