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May 29, 2008
What if you just want to keep your SRO to yourself?
I'm curious, and I'll confess a little bit lazy since this is just a curiosity question not something I'm planning to base my real estate investment around, but if I buy an SRO and I want to just live in it, sans tenants, do I have to navigate the certificate of no harassment?
Or is that only if I want to do permit-requiring work?
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Yes
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Posted by: guest at May 29, 2008 10:46 PM
I don't know the answer, but it is unclear to me why 10:46 would be right. Since there is nothing in the law which compells you to rent out an apartment (i.e. you can mothball it or use it yourself), why would you need to certify to the city that you (or prior owners) haven't harrassed tenants if you aren't asking the city to approve anything. You move into the house, take out appliances, cap utility lines (but don't move them, etc), slap on some paint, and voila, you have a non-showplace perfectly livable house. What's the big deal? (A real question, not an invitation to be snarked to death.)
Posted by: Putnamdenizen at May 30, 2008 9:32 AM
Not a big deal - just illegal
Posted by: guest at May 30, 2008 10:01 AM
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