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6 year look back - rent overcharge

Postby lum-proid » Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:11 am

I am wondering about a rent-overcharge scenario. If a LL doesn't register a RS unit with HCR for 6 years and then renovates the apartment and rents it at market rate, for HCR or the courts does this get around the 6 year look back for an overcharge case.
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Re: 6 year look back - rent overcharge

Postby TenantNet » Thu Nov 03, 2022 12:43 am

If he renovated the place (or claimed to do so) before deregulation, that could have been used to increase the rent beyond the threshold. In many cases, this is not done properly and LL's often commit fraud.

If done after deregulation, then it should have no impact on the statute of limitations. (in some cases it's still four years). You should get a rent history from DHCR. It also depends on when it was done, in 2019 a lot changed, essentially getting rid of new deregulations.
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