1982 Loft Law

New York regulation of residential lofts September 2026 July 2021 1982 Loft Law Article 7-C of the New York Multiple Dwelling Law Any city in New York State with at least 1 million residents. Effectively limited to New York City. New York State Legislature 1982 * 2009 Loft Law Amendment 2013 Loft Law Amendment in force Article 7-C of the New York Multiple Dwelling Law, commonly known as the Loft Law, was enacted to protect the residential tenants of certain former commercial or manufacturing buildings in New York City from substandard conditions, eviction, and unfair rent increases. http://www.nyc.gov/html/loft/downloads/pdf/loft_law.pdf Article 7-C of the New York Multiple Dwelling Law www.nyc.gov PDF 2020-12-29Limits the City Apartment - Section 8 (Housing) Scribd 2012-01-27 https://www.scribd.com/document/79611984/City-Limits-Magazine-February-March-1984 2020-12-29 The law became necessary as a response to advocacy on behalf of loft tenants, who were chiefly artists who built out their spaces in the buildings after the manufacturing industry left New York City. The law affected buildings it defined as Interim Multiple Dwellings (IMDs), former commercial or manufacturing loft buildings that had at least three units occupied by residents during the period of April 1, 1980, through December 1, 1981.http://www.nyc.gov/html/loft/html/home/home.shtml Loft Board www.nyc.gov It required landlords to bring converted residences up to code, and prevented them from charging tenants for improvements until the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.http://www.tenant.net/Tengroup/Metcounc/Oct99/loft.html Loft Law Survives www.tenant.net The law is administered by the New York City Loft Board. The Loft Law has been subsequently amended several times to expand the eligibility requirements for qualifying loft units. See also Rent control in New York 2009 Loft Law Amendment References External links Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants https://web.archive.org/web/19981206082240/http://www.lmlt.org/ 1998-12-06 , an advocacy group New York City Loft Board tenant.net homepage, an exhaustive resource for NYC housing law and tenants rights Loft Law Loft Law Category:1982 in New York (state) Category:New York City Department of Buildings Category:New York City law Category:Housing and rent legislation in New York City