If a 5 unit building was converted in 1955 to a 6 unit building, would it be considered rent stabilized? Even though my building has never been filed as a 6 unit, there have always been 6 units being rented out according to the orginal LL who rented me my unit in 2007. Now, my newest LL is trying to evict me, stating on the petition that it is not RS because it was not occupied between 1968 and 1975. How would he know since he just bought the building, and since I have tried to no avail to find a record of who lived in that 6th unit all those years ago...?
Since it was never filed, there's no rental record. Another tenant has given me a DHCR rent overcharge form to fill out, because the LL is also trying to raise my rent from **** to **** dollars..but can DHCR even help me if the LL denies RS?
Does a building that may have been converted in 1955 and still has 6 units considered RS, even if illegally so?
My lease is not an RTP-8 but it's been common knowledge that all the tenants were lead into believing they rented a RS unit.
Now, there are only 3 tenants left who haven't been evicted and we need to say something to prove our RS status. Added to the situation is that I am not of African descent and LL has expressed that he prefers to rent to his own kind, because he knows them to be trustworthy people who pay their rent.
I have never been late with my rent and I (even HE) did not choose what race he would be before he was born
He says he has African people waiting for our apartments and we are holding up the process...? I work full time to pay his rent, and have no place to go and no money to get there..85 percent of my paycheck goes to him every month
This is the 2nd time in 6 months he's had me in court I could really use some advise