Albany, NY asked in Landlord - Tenant for New York

Q: I am a HUD-VASH voucher owner. My landlord increased my rent $107 above fair market and months before my lease expires.

There is no option in my one-year lease that allows Winn to raise my rent during the lease term. Is this legal?

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A: Dear Albany Veteran:

No legal process exists for any landlord to charge a tenant an increase in rent during a lease term. That should be so for you as well.

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/hcv/vash

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