In 1994 the city stopped accepting rent, filed eviction papers and prepared to sell the building to a developer.
As adults, we're all fairly responsible, paying rent, filing tax returns, and respectively pursuing careers in comedy, education, film, business, and of course "journalism" (this is technically journalism).
Confidential estimates of market rents filed as part of the application suggest tenants could be charged up to £1,170 a month for a one-bedroom flat and up to £1,690 for a two-bedroom flat.
And here is where things get a little unusual: In February 2010, the renter filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court accusing the landlords, who had promised to equip the apartment with a kitchen in a timely fashion, of "willfully" installing an "ugly" kitchen with Ikea furniture.
Thus, he said, the housing division will look back only four years from the complaint date, whether or not there was a registered rent on file at that time.
She stopped paying rent and filed a court complaint.
Accordingly, Ms. McGuire said, the tenant could try to get a reduction in rent by filing a complaint for a decrease in services with the State Division of Housing and Community Renewal.
With two children and a wife to support, he had to seek emergency housing assistance from a veterans group to pay rent and filed for bankruptcy to avoid debt collectors.
Ms. Jones, 53, who admitted in January that she owed her landlady, Virginia Smith, 62, more than $4,900 in back rent, has filed at least seven court motions and complaints against her, according to court papers, although several motions were denied because she failed to appear.
— Opponents of Proposition 10, which would expand the power of cities to adopt rent control, filed a complaint alleging that the committee Make Housing Affordable – Yes on Prop 10 did not properly disclose its campaign activity, including top donors.
