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The complete requirements for succession rights can be found in the Mitchell-Lama rules on HPD’s Web page at www.nyc.gov/hpd. There are three (3) conditions you must meet and document to qualify for succession: . (1) Authorized Family Member, (2) Inclusion on the necessary Income Affidavits, and . (3) Occupancy during the Co-Residency Period.
The Mitchell-Lama program provides affordable rental and cooperative housing to moderate- and middle-income families. The program was sponsored by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell and Assemblyman Alfred Lama, and was signed into law in 1955.
Protecting apartment resources. Under both HCR and HPD rules and regulations, you can apply occupancy standards to succession. In practical terms, this means avoiding the misallocation of apartment resources where a single individual, through succession, is living in a three-bedroom apartment.
If the tenant named on the lease vacates the apartment, the right of a family member to remain in the apartment may be protected by HCR's succession regulations.
8 sie 2018 · To apply for succession, you must file an application with the housing company that manages your Mitchell-Lama building. If the housing company denies your request, the application then goes to HPD or DHCR, depending on which agency oversees the development, and they make a ruling.
DHCR regulations provide that eligible persons may continue to live in an apartment after the death or move-out of the cooperator. Riverbay’s policy follows DHCR rules and explains succession rights to Co-op City residents.
Mitchell-Lama tenants must file income affi-davits with the building owner each year. As part of his succession claim, Paul submitted income affidavits for the years 1990 through 1997, which listed him as an occupant. His mother, however, did not file income affidavits for 1998 and 1999. The owner, asserting that
