Hi all,
I recently moved into a rent stabilized apartment and to ensure that I was being charged the appropriate rent immediately requested the rent history. Unfortunately, DHCR notified me that there was no rent history available for my unit, which makes no sense since the LL says it is rent stabilized and so should have been registering the rent since 1984.
I reached out to the previous tenant, whom I happened to know, to inquire about the previous rent and they let me know what they were paying and had been in the apt for 8 years. Based on that, the math seems to work out with the information the landlord provided regarding improvements. However, I am still curious as to why the rent history is missing prior to that and wondering if maybe (hopefully?) my rent should be lower. Is there any way to find this information? What are my options?
Thanks!