What's in a rent history?

[mjr203]

I received a rent history on my apartment recently.

How reliable is the information contained within if it is provided by a landlord who overcharges?

-POINTER

[chelsea]

Not necessarily reliable. You should try to check out as much as you can, especially things like preferential rent and exemption because of expiration of J-51. Longterm tenants are a good resource as well as past court cases, building department files, etc.

[digerati]

Take a copy of your lease (or sublease) to the DHCR rent administration office in your borough and ask for a certified copy of the 'apartment detail' from 1984 to present. Then you can check the story he's telling you, with the paperwork he filed with the DHCR. (Granted, its very possible he could be lying to the DHCR.)

http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/ora/ora.htm

[mjr203]

Originally posted by digerati:
Take a copy of your lease (or sublease) to the DHCR rent administration office in your borough and ask for a certified copy of the 'apartment detail' from 1984 to present. Then you can check the story he's telling you, with the paperwork he filed with the DHCR. (Granted, its very possible he could be lying to the DHCR.)

http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/ora/ora.htm

I have a rent history "apt detail". Is there a way to see what actions have occurred on the apartment (past legal actions, DHCR decisions, MCI increases, etc etc)?

[digerati]

Yes. You can go to the DHCR office and ask for a copy of all "cases by building" and have them certify it. I never knew this document existed until I stumbled across it at the DHCR myself.

See the 3rd post in this thread:

http://www.tenant.net/.WWW/ubbgraphics/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000113