Landlord/Tenant Law
X63.9107 /
Continuing Education
/ $575
FALL 2008
Examine the array of legal issues that face landlords, agents, property managers, and real estate attorneys. Topics include leases--formalities, requisites, key clauses, mandated disclosures, and unenforceable provisions; statutory rights and obligations affecting the landlord-tenant relationship--security deposits, access, roommates, pets, the warranty of habitability, subletting, and assignment; rent control and rent stabilization--coverage, registration, rent increases, required services, luxury decontrol, and proceedings before the DHCR; fair housing--federal, state, and New York City anti-discrimination laws, the rights of the disabled to modifications and reasonable accommodations, and laws prohibiting harassment and retaliation; summary nonpayment proceedings--rent demands, nonpayment petitions, tenant defenses, rent deposits, and settlement stipulations; summary holdover proceedings--grounds for termination of the tenancy, required notices, holdover petitions, tenant defenses, and settlement stipulations; and evictions--stays, notices, procedures, remedies for unlawful evictions, and illegal lockouts.
This course is applicable toward:
Course Materials
Section 1
Thursday
6:00pm-8:00pm
September 18 - November 20
8 Sessions
Instructor:
Nansi Friedman
Location: Norman Thomas Center, 111 E 33
