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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.
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.
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.
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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.
Succession Rights. When a rent-stabilized tenant dies or moves out of their apartment, it does not automatically mean that the family members they leave behind must also leave. Under the Rent Stabilization Code and Mitchell Lama laws, qualifying family members have a right to remain in the apartment if they have resided with the tenant-of ...
