New York City expanded its SCRIE (Senior Citizens Rent Increase Exemption) and DRIE (Disability Rent Increase Exemption) programs on July 1, 2014.To qualify for SRIE, you must:
- Be at least 62 years old;
- Rent an apartment that is rent controlled, rent stabilized or hotel stabilized;
- Be named on the lease or the rent order or have been granted succession rights to the apartment;
- Live in your apartment as your primary residence;
- Have a combined income in your household that is $50,000 or less in the previous calendar year; and
- Spend more than one-third of your monthly household income on rent.
To qualify for DRIE, you must:
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Be at least 18 years old;
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Rent an apartment that is:
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Regulated by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) (i.e. Rent stabilized units, Rent controlled units, Rent regulated hotel units);
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Owned by a Mitchell-Lama development, Limited Dividend housing company, Redevelopment company or Housing Development Fund Corporation (HDFC) incorporated under New York State’s Private Housing Finance Law;
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Located in a building where the mortgage was federally insured under Section 213 of the National Housing Act.
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Be named on the lease or rent order or have been granted succession rights to the apartment;
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Have a total annual household income of $50,000 or less;
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Spend more than one-third of your monthly household income on rent; and
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Receive Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Federal Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs disability pension or compensation, or Disability-related Medicaid if the applicant has received either SSI or SSDI in the past.
For more information or to receive free counseling on the above programs, please contact MDC’s Bilingual Housing Counselor, Nina Akopyan, 718-376-0999.