Last winter, Eileen Kelley received a notice that her landlord did not renew her rent when she had expired in a few months. After eight years in the eastern village, the neighborhood of Manhattan, she fell in love with her street markets and parks, Mrs. Kelley, 29, confronted the sudden possibility of having to leave.
But browsing Tiktok just before the end of the rent found a video that introduced it to the new law, which is a tenant called “called”Good causes of eviction“He passed through the state of New York last springLegislation prohibits landlords to force tenants from their homes just because their rental is terminated.
The law felt as if it could be a life rope. Mrs. Kelley, who works in financial services, told her landlord that she would not leave. After months, she finally received a new lease and secured her apartment at least until this upcoming September.
“I was glad,” gentlemen, the system works for us, “she said.
The exchange is one of the examples of how the law quietly takes part of the housing market in New York. Tenants are demanding on landlords, both in informal rental hearing and in court to ensure breaks for rent and new leases. Real estate owners say they are cautious when trying to get unpleasant tenants out, and fear other consequences of what they consider to overlap the government.
“It provides tenants a little more confidence in their rights,” said Mrs. Kelley, adding that she shares her experience with friends. “Many people did not realize that the renewal of rent was even tradable.”
The introduction of the law comes as public anger over the crisis of housing crisis in the city is increasingly pushing politicians to deal with high living costs. Many designs have focused on making it easier to build more houses in solving the lack of housing that is on it The worst point in half a century.
The spending also pushes left -wing legislators to intervene of eviction and rent. New York Law, modeled partly on accounts that have recently been approved in other cities and states, is based on the idea that real estate owners should be allowed to remove tenants only if they have a valid reason – or a “good thing” – to do so .
In New York, such causes may include tenants who violate the conditions of their lease, use an apartment to carry out illegal activities or damage the lease property. Unpaid rent could also be a good reason, but only if it was not raised “disproportionately”.
According to the law, the inconspicuous increase is higher than the inflation rate, which was 3.82 percent and 5 percent in the New York area last year. Landlords could therefore be protected if the rent was greater than 8.82 percent.
Many tenants have already had similar protection within the city stabilization system, which covers about half of its rental housing stock. However, the Act on Good Cause provides new protection for hundreds of thousands of other households living in so -called unregulated homes.
Jeremiah Schlotman, director of housing dispute for legal services, NYC, non -profit group, described the legislation as a “huge expansion”, which was a “big step forward in expanding lease protection”.
Sherwin Belkin, a lawyer who represents the owners of the property at the Housing Court, said that the law is another burden for owners who are already trying to maintain their apartment buildings. He said that it encouraged people not to move, which paralyzes the housing market and reduces the possibilities of renting.
“I don’t think it’s good for New York City because I don’t think it’s good for real estate in New York,” he said.
Nevertheless, Mr Schlotman said that the effects of the law remained upset. He said that the legislation was “poorly formulated in many aspects” and that the lack of clarity led to the contradictory decision of the judges in the area of housing.
Mr. Belkin agreed.
“The standards are not really set in the status,” he said. “They are all buzzing.”
For example, even if there is a threshold for “disproportionate” rent, the judge of the housing court could still consider a greater increase as reasonable if the landlord needed to cover repairs or reconstruction.
The law also exempts “small landlords” defined as those that have less than 10 units in New York. However, landlords can cover the size of their portfoli by various limited liability companies for each assets.
“Someone can rule,” said Mr. Schlotman.
For people like Mrs. Kelley, however, the law removes at least one blow in an otherwise turbulent way for renting in the city. She and her roommates have already watched their rent growing from $ 3,200 to $ 4,550 in four years. Although they thought they might have to leave, they couldn’t find affordable flats in the eastern village.
Mrs. Kelley said that a private capital company bought its building and she thought the company wanted to pull it down. But it is happy that, despite the challenges, there are ways to protect themselves.
“I think it really pleased me to live in New York,” she said.
