Rent freeze for people with disabilities

For the household, a copy of all that apply:

For Rent Stabilized Apartment

• Leases – The prior and current one or two-year lease signed by you and your landlord
• Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) or 80/20 or 60/40 rider (if applicable) or DHCR Rent History
• Preferential rent rider (if applicable)
• DHCR approved MCI (Major Capital Improvement) order

For Rent Controlled Apartment (a copy of all of these)

• Notice of Maximum Collectible Rent (Form # RN – 26) for current year
• Notice of Maximum Collectible Rent (Form # RN – 26) for prior year
• Owner’s report and Certification of Fuel Cost Adjustment (form # RA33.10) for prior and current year

For Rent Regulated Hotel Unit (send a copy of all that apply)

• DHCR annual apartment registration for prior and current year
• Signed Rent increase letter from the Management or Owner
• DHCR Rent History
• DHCR approved MCI (Major Capital Improvement) order

For Mitchell-Lama Limited Dividend Redevelopment (a copy of all of these)

• A rent printout or letter from your management office specifying the start date and the amount of the prior and current rent increase
• Capital Assessment document
• Affidavit of Household Income for the prior year
• Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) or Division of Housing & Community Renewal (DHCR) Commissioner’s Order

For Housing Development Fund Company (HDFC) 

• A Notice of Rent / Carrying Charge Increase signed by the HDFC Management
• Signed renewal lease (if applicable)

For each income source of each income earner, any one document:

Wages & Salary

• W2
• Income tax return

Self-employment

• 1099-G
• Award letter or certificate
• Correspondence from NYS Department of Labor

Cash Assistance grant

• Cash Assistance budget statement

Unemployment Income

• Award letter or certificate
• Current benefit check

Social Security benefits (SSI, Dependent, Disability, Survivor’s, Retirement)

• Correspondence from Social Security Administration showing the benefit amount paid in the prior calendar year (e.g. Notice of Change in Payment for SSI benefit, or SSA-1099 SSDI benefit)

Veteran’s Benefits

• Correspondence from Veteran’s Administration showing the disability pension or compensation amount paid in the prior calendar year

Pensions, Annuities, or IRA

• 1099-R,
• Statement from pension or annuity

Interest, Dividends, Royalties

• 1099-DIV
• 1099-INT
• Statement from bank, credit union, or financial institution

Support from other family members

• Signed letter from friend/family stating amount of monetary assistance

Other income

• Signed letter from boarder stating rental payments

For each person with a disability, any one document:

• Copy of the Social Security or VA disability award letter

For any non-working student, any one document:

• Student status letter for any non-working studnets living in the household

1. Print a paper application, pick one up from DRIE Walk-In Center: 66 John St, 3rd Flr New York, NY, 10038 (Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.), or call 311 to request a paper application form mailed to you.
2. Mail the application to:
   New York City Department of Finance, DRIE Unit
   59 Maiden Ln, 22nd Floor
   New York, NY, 10038

Applications forms are available in Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, and Spanish. Forms in Bengali are available from the center or 311.

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If you live in a Housing Development Fund Company (HDFC) apartment or Mitchell-Lama apartment, call HPD at 212-863-8494 to apply.

1. Print a paper application, pick one up from DRIE walk-in center at 66 John St, 3rd Flr New York, NY, 10038 (Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.), or call 311 to request a paper application form to be mailed to you
2. Complete your DRIE application and take it to:
   DRIE Walk-In Center
   66 John St, 3rd Floor
   New York, NY, 10038
   Open Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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