Getting overcharged by a landlord? Here’s how the Tenant Protection Unit helps rent-stabilized tenants

"In the year 2024, 296 confirmations of eviction actions were issued at the Bolzano Regional Court, in 2023 there were still 343, and in the year before 333, the president of the Bolzano Regional Court, Francesca Bortolotti, knows. Throughout positive assessment of this decline by the vice-president of the association of homeowners, Christof Brandt, Christof Brandt. Eviction actions are usually costly and lengthy, even if the proceedings in cour…

Getting overcharged by a landlord? Here’s how the Tenant Protection Unit helps rent-stabilized tenants

Tenants living in New York City’s rent-stabilized apartments are entitled to certain protections, including limits on rent increases and automatic lease renewals. But there are times landlords skirt the rules of rent stabilization. If your landlord tries to raise your rent more than the legal limit, there are a few things you can do. You can remind them of the law, file a rent overcharge claim with New York State’s Division of Housing and Commun…