My question is, if apartment were to become uninhabitable, other than I guess letting me out of the lease, is landlord responsible to finding other apartment in their many owned apartments, if so, can that be negotiated to have at rent-stabilized fee increases, or am I out on my own in nyc apartment market.
Other than the pests, this is a very desirable apartment that landlord probably would want to take back over and can charge much higher rent.
I am in a rent-stabilized apartment that has had mice like other apartments here. I now have moth issue, which due to a number of complications, including an uncommon moth type and some structural issues, solutions from pest control companies I have contacted on my own seem limited, e.g., pheromone traps don’t work for that species, heat treatment might not be appropriate for my apartment, and I am hesitant to fumigate/bomb.
Having talked/email several entomologists and pest control, seems very likely mice in basement and apartments are likely cause and so the landlord not me the tenant is the likely cause, I didn’t bring the mice in. For years I have monthly asked exterminator for glue boards for mice, so they knew I had them.
I wanted to understand before contacting super, as their contracted pest control company does not list moths on their website, and I have no confidence they will know how to deal with it or the whoever they subcontract out to.
Thanks very much. I was unsuccessful in finding a previous answer to this on the forum.