Generally, in New York City, for a hotel, Single Unlike owners of rent stabilized apartment
Room Occupancy Hotel (SRO) or rooming house buildings, who are required to offer rent stabilized
to be subject to the Rent Stabilization Code (RSC), tenants renewal leases for one or two years at
it must have been constructed on or before the tenants’ option, hotel, SRO or rooming house
July, 1969, and contain six or more housing owners are not required to provide renewal leases
accommodations. This universe contains Class A to permanent tenants. A permanent tenant has
and Class B Multiple Dwellings. the right to remain in occupancy, whether or not
the lease is renewed by the owner. Permanent
Generally, Class A Multiple Dwellings are used tenants are subject to annual guidelines increases
for permanent residence purposes and consist set by the New York City Rent Guidelines Board,
of units that contain kitchens and bathrooms. whether or not they have leases. As a permanent
Generally, Class B Multiple Dwellings, which tenant, an owner may not charge you more than
include SRO Hotels and rooming houses and the most recent rent charged the prior permanent
which became subject to rent regulations on tenant (provided it was in the last 6 years), plus any
June 4, 1981, contain units occupied by transient lawful guidelines increase in effect at the time of
residents and are not required to have a kitchen or your renting, as set for your hotel room/apartment
bathroom in each unit. by the NYC Rent Guidelines Board. Such rent is
required to be registered with the DHCR. You may
The occupant of a hotel, SRO or rooming house obtain a rental history of the unit by contacting
may only be protected by rent stabilization if DHCR or by filing a Request for Records Access
he or she becomes a