SUMMARY OF GUIDELINES ADOPTED ON JUNE 21, 2023

This summary of the Rent Guidelines Board guidelines is solely for the informal use of the public and should not be substituted for the full text of the Apartment and Loft Order 55 and Hotel Order 53.  The full text of these orders will be made available to the public in the coming days and, when available, can be obtained from our website nyc.gov/rgb or by calling 212-669-7480.

The following lease guidelines for rent stabilized apartments, lofts and hotels were adopted by the Rent Guidelines Board on June 21, 2023. 

RENT STABILIZED APARTMENT GUIDELINES 

Together with such further adjustments as may be authorized by law, the annual adjustment for leases for apartments shall be:

  • For a one-year lease commencing on or after October 1, 2023 and on or before September 30, 2024:          3% 
  • For a two-year lease commencing on or after October 1, 2023 and on or before September 30, 2024:          
    • For the first year of the lease, 2.75%; and
    • For the second year of the lease, 3.20% of the amount lawfully charged in the first year, excluding any increases other than the first-year guideline increase.

RENT STABILIZED LOFT GUIDELINES

  • For one-year increase periods commencing on or after October 1, 2023 and on or before September 30, 2024:       3%
  • For two-year increase periods commencing on or after October 1, 2023 and on or before September 30, 2024:      
    • For the first year, 2.75%; and
    • For the second year, 3.20% of the amount lawfully charged in the first year, excluding any increases other than the first-year guideline increase.

SPECIAL GUIDELINE

For dwelling units subject to the Rent and Rehabilitation Law on September 30, 2023, which become vacant after September 30, 2023, the special guideline shall be 27% above the maximum base rent (MBR).

DECONTROLLED UNITS

The permissible increase for decontrolled units as referenced in Order 3a, which become decontrolled after September 30, 2023, shall be 27% above the maximum base rent.

RENT STABILIZED HOTEL GUIDELINES

The allowable level of rent adjustment over the lawful rent actually charged and paid on September 30, 2023 shall be:

            1) Residential Class A (apartment) hotels –  0% 

            2) Lodging houses –  0% 

            3) Rooming houses (Class B buildings

                containing less than 30 units) –  0% 

            4) Class B hotels –  0% 

            5) Single Room Occupancy buildings

                (MDL section 248 SRO’s) – 0%