Can my brother's girlfriend claim tenant status? If so, can I charge her for back rent?.

Your brother's girlfriend is what is call a "licensee." You want to bring a licensee holdover proceeding. Mr. Smollens is once again, spot on...

Do I have a chance of getting my NYC apartment converted back to rent controlled if it was illegally deregulated?

I agree with the two other attorneys. I would add that there is a four year statute of limitations on rent overcharge complaints which not only...

How to handle a situation with a Landlord that is ripping us off for our security deposit.

In addition to Small Claims Court, the New York State Attorney General's office has a program to help tenants recover their security deposit. The...

Do I have to pay the HELOC ?

You should have a local attorney review the HELOC and the bankruptcy papers. There could be things happening in the bankruptcy proceedings which...

I assume that you are not rent stabilized or rent control because you've described your apartment as a first floor house apartment. There is...

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Subject to comments by lawyers licensed in LA -- I am a New York and FL attorney -- your neighbor is claiming that she is acquiring the property by...

Unfair housing eviction

Although I defer to my Ohio colleagues (I'm not admitted in Ohio), if the payment agreement is in writing and you have lived up to your end of the...

How much should we expect to pay a property lawyer to investigate our rights- regarding fixing access to home from private road.

Although there is no doubt you will at some point need an attorney to enforce your rights, a competent title examiner will be able to sift through...

Do rent-control apartments count in achieving a quorum in a coop annual board election?

Assuming that the shares to the apartments occupied by rent controlled tenants are not owned by the cooperative, the shares allocated to these...

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Can I sue my landlord?? Can they evicted me if I sued them???

Mr. Smollens nailed it again. One additional point is that if you live in a building that went coop on a non-eviction plan, even if your rent...