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SRO Tenants: Know Your Rights WHAT IS A SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY BUILDING? A single-room-occupancy (SRO) building is usually a hotel or rooming house with rooms that do not have both a kitchen and a bathroom within the room. MOST SRO HOTELS ARE RENT-STABILIZED • Rent increases are regulated by law • Services (maid service, cleaning) may not be reduced NEW RESIDENTS CAN BECOME PERMANENT, RENT-STABILIZED TENANTS New residents can become permanent tenants protected by the Rent Stabilization Law by living in the hotel for 6 months or more OR by asking for a lease in writing. You do NOT have to get an actual lease to become a Permanent Tenant -- you only have to ask for one. Permanent Tenants or anyone who has lived there more than 30 days in a row CANNOT be evicted without a Court order and warrant. WHAT NEW RESIDENTS SHOULD KNOW • You do NOT have to leave the hotel after 21 days. • You will be protected by the Rent Stabilization Law IF you ask for a lease for 6 months or more. • You may ask for a lease at any time (even after living at the hotel for only 1 day). • MFY Legal Services has easy-to-use forms and can help you ask for a lease if you have not already done so. • Once you have lived in the hotel for 30 days in a row or have asked for a lease, you CANNOT be evicted without a Court order and warrant. WHAT PERMANENT TENANTS SHOULD KNOW • Permanent tenants have a right to stay in their rooms at the rent- stabilized rate without being charged more than the legal rent. • The hotel CANNOT reduce services under the Rent Stabilization Law • You CANNOT be evicted without a Court order and a warrant All tenants are entitled to a clean, safe place to live—whether or not you have paid all your rent. (c) MFY Legal Services, Inc. 2005. All Rights Reserved. Factsheetupdate 6/05 .

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