New York, NY Rental Property Rules: Relocation Assistance (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforcing agency
- NYC Housing Preservation & Development
- Governing law
- Administrative Code § 26-301
- Trigger
- Vacate order from DOHMH, DOB, FDNY, or HPD
- Relocation area
- Same or adjacent community district
- Application deadline
- None: no time limit to apply
Summary
When a city agency orders a privately owned building vacated for health, safety, or maintenance violations, HPD must provide displaced tenants relocation services, including temporary housing and help toward moving expenses, under Administrative Code Section 26-301.
for tenants of any privately owned building where such tenants vacate such building during a period when any law, regulation, order or requirement pertaining to the maintenance or operation of such building or the health, safety and welfare of its occupants requires such occupants to vacate such building. ... Upon a request from a tenant ..., such commissioner shall relocate such tenant to suitable vacant accommodations in the same community district, or an immediately adjacent community district, as the building from which such tenant was displaced.
Full Breakdown
New York City Administrative Code Section 26-301 requires the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to relocate tenants of privately owned buildings that a city agency orders vacated for health, safety, or maintenance violations. HPD sets no deadline for a tenant to request help and must place the household in suitable vacant housing in the same community district or an adjacent one, offering temporary shelter such as hotels or motels when needed. HPD also promulgates a payment schedule covering moving expenses and redecorating costs to aid the relocation.
Violations & Fines
No fine; a tenant denied relocation services instead gets written notice, the reason, and appeal instructions from HPD under Section 26-301(7)(c).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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