The evening world. Newspaper, April 7, 1920, Page 17

| Answers to Rent Oneren” New Laws Explained for | Evening World Readers Tenants Advised as to Procedure Open to , + Them to Halt Evictions and Curb rs Landlords’ f The Bvening World has obtained the services of a lawyer with long experience in landlord and tenant cases to answer questions arising under the new laws against rent profiteering. with your landlord or if you think your rental is being increased unreason- ably, state your case briefly to the Rent Editor of The Bvening World and @n answer will be printed in this column. Following are the questions and answers for to-day: MARINERO—I am an enlisted man im the United States Navy, with a wife and three children. Last year | my rent was twice raised, and now I fu notified another increase is due May 1. How ¢an I proceed? inswer—If your landlord attempts to raise your rent more than 25 per cent. of what it was a year before he must prove it to be justifiable, If he asks for a 25 per cent. rise or less you must prove that it is unjustifi- able. 8. J, O°M.—The new owner of my apartment has served me with a dis- possess, claiming she wishes my rooms for her own use. ly have two children recovering from ah attack of Exactions. If you are having any difficulty Pneumonia, I can’t find an apartment anywhere. Is there any way I can avoid being thrown into the street? Also, my two neighbors have been notified their rentals will be raised from $16 to $24 and from $12 to $19 @ month. Are these rents excessive and illegal? Answer—Apply to the representa- tive of the Mayor's. Committee on Rent Profiteering in the Municipal Court District in which you live and state your case. Under the circum- stances, the landlord cannot throw nded, the action is undey the new law pre- sumed to ve unjustifiable, If the other netghbor paid $12 a year ago and $7 more is demanded, jt is like- wise presumed to be unjustifiable. The landlord will have to prove his expenses justify him in making such demands. The new law provides if a | landiord asks an iucrease of more than 25 per cent. of the rent paid a year previous he must prove it is jus- tiflable; if he asks 26 per cent. or less, the tenant must prove it is un- justifiable, EDWARD F, O'C.—My new land- lords have notified me I would have to pay $75 a month, beginning May 1 (Lnow pay $50, having been raised to that amount on March 1), I had one of the owners down before the Mayor's Committee, and for this 1 have been notified to move by May 1. What rights have I in this matter? Answer—Under the circumstances, it Is hardly proballe you will have to pay the extra $25 demanded; your vadlord will have to prove in court that he is justified in asking it. Neither can he evict you in these cir- cumstances, if you cannot find other quarters, because the law provides a Municipal Judge can grant a stay of one year in the execution of an evic- tion notice if the tenant has no place to go. IRVING B.—My landlord notified me the other day my monthly rental would be increased by $6. Is this legal? Answer—You do not state what your rental was a year ago, If the increase demanded is more than 26 per cent, of that amount, the land- you into the street with your sick children; the court has power to grant a stay of one year from the date the notice of eviction was served upon you. If your neighbor paid $16 a lord will have to prove he is justified in asking it, according to the provi- sions of the new Rent Law. ©. D.—What does the 25 per cent. clause in the new Rent Law mean? Does it mean 25 per cent. of the rent mG collected wants $37, 25 per cent. clause? Answer—Yes. tiflable, Cc. rent was increased on Sept. 16 of the $21 to $23 and on 1329-1331 BROADWAY, Near Gates Avenue Brooklyn arrived. —Polo Clo! —Velour —Silvertone —Serge —Goldtone —Tweeds FULTON STREET Cor. of BRIDGE STREET at Hoyt St. Subway Station, Brooklyn Tomorrow, Thursday Exceptional Purchase and Sale of 250 Spring Coats Misses’ sizes 14 to 20, women’s sizes 36 to 44. Bought at a very attractive price and in placing them on sale we offer our customers the full benefit. 19 Eight Models---All Illustrated Most all are handsomely silk lined. Colors: Polo, Copenhagen, Pekin, tan, rookie, reindeer and mixtures. New—just —Long Coats —Three Quarter Length Coats —Short Coats —Raglan Models The new taw pro- vides a landlord must prove he is jus- H. W.—On April ao $ Kindly advise me if my landlord can increase me 25 per cent. more —Theslaw does not legiti- increase, It merely provides where there is an increase of 25 per cent. or less the burden is on the tenant to show that the increase is unjustified. Unless he can show it unjustifiable, the Increase will be pe: the entire house or th nts paid by the individual ten- an! In February we pald $22 for three rooms, and now,the new landlord Does this come under the er to. your letter ie the same as iat to C,H, immediately preceding this, L. P, F.—My landiord hag notified me he is going to increase my rental from $75 @ month to $90, and will not permit us to take roomers. My hus- band does not make enough money to pay the new rent without the aid of roomers, What [ want to know Is this: If, after paying the usual $76 year from 15, 1920, to he refuses to accept it, how long can t occupy the apartment before i am dispossessed ? 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