About 1 million NYC apartments are rent-stabilized, and many tenants don’t know if theirs is one. Your free DHCR rent history is the proof — how to check.
Six Building Owners Want Your Rent Freeze Gone. Can They Get It?
Six building owners filed suit to annul the 2026-2027 NYC rent freeze. The freeze is still in effect. What it means if you're renewing a rent-stabilized lease this fall.
Your Landlord Offered You Money to Move Out. Now What?
A lease buyout pays you to give up a rent-stabilized apartment — decline, negotiate, or stay. How to weigh it, plus the 180-day stop-contact right.
When Your Building's 421-a Tax Break Expires: What It Means for Your Rent
If your NYC building gets a 421-a tax break, your apartment is almost certainly rent-stabilized until it expires — and one missing lease rider can keep it stabilized for your entire tenancy.
How to Get Your NYC Rent History (Free) — and What It Tells You
Your apartment’s official rent history is free from NY State HCR — the legal rent for every registered year. How to request it and what it reveals.
Are You Being Overcharged? NYC Rent Overcharge Rules and How to File a Complaint
A rent overcharge can be recovered up to six years back — plus triple damages if willful. How to spot one with your free HCR rent history and file.
Preferential Rent in NYC: Why Your Lease Shows Two Rents — and Which One Actually Matters
Paying preferential rent in NYC? Learn how renewal increases work, when a landlord can charge legal rent, and how to check your rent history.
The Rent Freeze Is Now on Paper: RGB Publishes Official Orders — Here's What to Check on Your Renewal
The RGB’s official rent-freeze orders are published, covering leases from Oct 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2027. What your renewal lease should show.
NYC Rent Stabilization: The 2026 Resource Center
Everything Weverit has published on NYC rent stabilization in one place — how to check your status, what the 2026 rent freeze means, the SCRIE/DRIE programs that freeze rent permanently, and the data behind the rules.
NYC Rent Freeze vs. SCRIE and DRIE: The Two Programs That Can Freeze Your Rent Indefinitely
SCRIE (age 62+) and DRIE (disability) freeze your rent as long as you qualify. Household income must be $50,000 or less and rent over a third of income.
The Numbers Behind NYC's 2026 Rent Freeze: What the Rent Guidelines Board's Affordability Survey Shows
The Rent Guidelines Board's 2026 Income and Affordability Study is the data behind the freeze: 51.6% of rent-stabilized renters are rent-burdened, nearly 30% of those severely so, unemployment up to 5.2%, evictions up 9.7%. Against landlord operating costs up 5.3%. The full picture, with sources kept distinct.
NYC Just Froze the Rent: What the Historic 2026 Rent Guidelines Board Vote Means for You
On June 25, 2026, the Rent Guidelines Board voted 7-1 to freeze rents at 0% on one- and two-year leases for ~1M rent-stabilized apartments. What it means.
Inherited a Rent-Stabilized Apartment? Succession Rights in NYC Explained
A family member who lived with a rent-stabilized tenant for two years — one for seniors or people with disabilities — can take over at the same rent.
What Is an IAI? The Apartment Upgrade That Can Raise Your Rent
An IAI is an improvement inside your apartment that lets your landlord raise the rent. How it works, what the 2019 HSTPA changed, and what to check.
What Is an MCI Rent Increase — and Can You Fight It?
An MCI is a rent hike for a building-wide capital improvement — a new roof, boiler, or elevator. What qualifies, the limits, and how to challenge one.
You Just Got a Rent Increase Notice. Here's What to Check.
New York law requires landlords to give advance written notice before raising your rent more than 5 percent or refusing to renew your lease. The notice period depends on how long you've lived there. Improper notice can provide a defense in eviction or nonpayment proceedings.