The case comes at a time when landlords might be tempted to evict rent-control tenants.
"The real reason is that there are a lot of rent-control tenants in this building, and the landlord would like us out.
(For rent-controlled tenants outside the city, the landlord must also obtain a certificate of eviction from the State Division of Housing and Community Renewal).
And while rent- controlled tenants claim to be the most vulnerable city residents, 13percentt have incomes greater than $70,000 per year (as do more than 19percentt of rent-stabilized tenants), according to a 2002 census housing survey.
Because both Proposition 13 and rent control insulate homeowners and rent-controlled tenants from dramatic tax or rent increases when the market undersupplies housing, they undermined political will for building homes.
There is, in fact, just one controlling tenant, the artist himself, who refers to his project as "an exercise in self-portraiture via town planning".
He said he did not wish to pursue the risks involved with renting to a permanent, rent-control tenant, however, and turned the apartment over to a broker, who has leased it, short term, to vacationers.
That shape-shifting quality, along with a puritan's work ethic, enables her to inhabit varied roles with the steadfastness of a rent-control tenant and has frequently brought rapturous reviews.
Searching for Diversity Still, Mr. Rosenberg allowed thousands of units to remain empty rather than rent them to black families — "controlled tenanting," he called it — and allowed the "black waiting list" to grow to around 10,000 names.
Rent-control regulations (as opposed to those under rent stabilization) do not require tenants to have current leases -- and many rent-controlled tenants do not have them.
Our second recommendation is for devolution of control to tenants and communities through the creation of a new generation of tenant management organisations, co-operatives and community mutuals, which will offer tenants a greater say in the management of their homes and communities, bolster social capital and build the "big society" for real.
