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… who represents tenants battling capital improvementrelated rent increases points out that many firms including … MCI laws that benefit tenants says HersheyWebb  In the past landlords have been able to institute permanent rent increases calculated based on the cost of these …

… What youve heard is true Your landlord can indeed hike the rent of rentstabilized and rentcontrolled apartments even in the … years in hopes of jacking up the rent If your landlord  does  make this type of improvement theyre required to get …

… first moved in and if the landlord stops providing them you can file a complaint at the Division of Housing … recently set by the Rent Guidelines Board Some landlords would rather live with the rent decrease and freeze than provide the …

… tenants lease includes language about giving the landlord access for routine inspection The city housing and … the tenant having an unsanitary apartment they have to give access They cant sit there and cause damage to other peoples … inability to clean up and throw things out its often in the category of obsessivecompulsive disorders Typically he says …