You would be covered by the rules that apply to rent-stabilized units.

That month, the university converted the lofts into rent-stabilized units, which involved $100,000 in improvements to the buildings.

"Rent-controlled apartments are under a different system than rent-stabilized units," he said.

But there have periods when increases on rent-stabilized and rent-controlled units were about the same.

Once these buildings are taken over for social services-related uses, they no longer exist as rent-stabilized units available on the open market.

Are there any rules governing being a bed-and-breakfast host in a rent-stabilized unit?

Some ambiguity remained on whether the criteria for defining a family could be applied to the rules for rent-stabilized units.

When a rent-stabilized unit is vacated, landlords can increase the rent 12 percent for a new tenant.

These hotels also must be free of rent-controlled or rent-stabilized units.

They have been offered a larger, vacant, rent-stabilized unit in the same building.