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# Know Your Rights, Rent Stabilized Tenants
- URL: https://bklyner.com/know-your-rights-rent-stabilized-tenants-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2013-09-06T12:40:47.000Z
- Updated: 2013-09-06T12:40:47.000Z
- Author: Mary Bakija
- Tags: rent increases, Rent Stabilized Apartments, Renting, #API-Imported

![For Rent](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dpc_forrent.jpeg)

If you live in a rent stabilized apartment and your lease expires before October 1, 2013, there are a few important things you should know. The office of [Assemblymember Jim Brennan](http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/James-F-Brennan/?ref=bklyner.com) sends a reminder that you should receive your renewal lease with the previous year’s rate increase. The details:

• Renewal leases signed between October 1, 2013, and September 30, 2014, are subject to a new rate increase issued from the [Rent Guidelines Board](http://www.housingnyc.com/?ref=bklyner.com) (4% for a one-year lease and 7.75% for a two-year lease).

• Leases that are signed before October 1, 2013 are subject to the old lower rates (2% for a one-year lease and 4% for a two-year lease).

If your rent stabilized lease expires prior to October 1, 2013 and your landlord refuses to provide you with a new lease until after October 1, you have recourse:

• You can file a complaint with the State of New York Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) by [filling out this form](http://www.nyshcr.org/Forms/Rent/ra89.pdf?ref=bklyner.com).

• You can also file a complaint with DHCR and request that your landlord issue you your renewal lease by [filling out this form](http://www.nyshcr.org/Forms/Rent/ra90.pdf?ref=bklyner.com).

If you have any questions, reach out to Brennan’s office at 718-940-0641 or 718-788-7221, or by emailing [BrennanJ@assembly.state.ny.us](mailto:BrennanJ@assembly.state.ny.us).