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Advice needed on tenant rights in affodable housing

Postby ravgil » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:50 pm

I hope someone can help us with advice. My wife and I live in a one-bedroom apartment, which is affordable housing in New York City, under the Low income affordable marketplace (LAMP) program.

Our son has no place to stay and we want to have him live with us. Do we have this right under the roommate law or other laws?

Please help!

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Postby TenantNet » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:57 pm

Is this a private landlord where the unit was constructed under lamp, or something else? What does the lease say?
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Advice needed on tenant rights in affodable housing

Postby ravgil » Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:16 pm

TenantNet wrote:Is this a private landlord where the unit was constructed under lamp, or something else? What does the lease say?


It's a private landlord, constructed under LAMP. I don't understand what the lease says about this situation. It is in my wife and my name.

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Postby TenantNet » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:16 pm

Does the lease say anything about family members or roommates? Did you receive any information at any time in the process, from either the government or from the LL that talked about family members or roommates?

I suspect it's the same as a private LL, but with govt. programs, you have to double-check.

Read the info in the reference section (link above) on roommates. A son or daughter is family, not a roommate.

As far as I know you don't even need to get permission from the LL, although if they ask you need to tell the LL who lives in the unit.
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Postby TenantNet » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:22 pm

What is odd is that you claim to live in one of Bloomberg's affordable units, but in another post you admit you own a co-op.

http://tenant.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=33860
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Postby ravgil » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:33 pm

TenantNet wrote:What is odd is that you claim to live in one of Bloomberg's affordable units, but in another post you admit you own a co-op.

http://tenant.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=33860


I don't see the conflict there.
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Postby TenantNet » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:40 pm

Are you a tenant or a landlord?
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