Renting / Stabilised rent check
Check your stabilised rent increases
A rent-stabilised rent can usually rise only by the Rent Guidelines Board's guideline when a lease is renewed. Enter the leases from your HCR rent history and see each increase next to that year's guideline. Increases above it are worth asking HCR about.
Available now, no account neededGetting your rent history
HCR, the state housing agency, keeps the rents registered for every stabilised apartment. You can request the rent registration history online through Rent Connect (rent.hcr.ny.gov) or at a Borough Rent Office, by appointment NYS HCR Fact Sheet #26: rent increases for stabilised apartments (07/2026) · checked 22 Oct 2026. You can also send form REC-1 (Request for Records Access) to HCR's Records Access Unit with proof of identity and proof you live there, such as a copy of your lease, a rent receipt or a rent bill. Only the tenant, the owner, or someone they authorise in writing can get it NYS HCR: records access · checked 22 Oct 2026.
What this checks, and what it doesn't
Renewals. When you renew, you choose a one- or two-year lease and the increase is set by the Rent Guidelines Board for the guideline year (1 October to 30 September) the lease starts in. Only one guideline increase is allowed in a guideline year NYS HCR Fact Sheet #26: rent increases for stabilised apartments (07/2026) · checked 22 Oct 2026. Rates here cover Orders #46 to #58, for leases starting 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2027 NYC Rent Guidelines Board: apartment orders #1 to #58 · checked 22 Oct 2026 NYC Rent Guidelines Board: Order #58 · checked 22 Oct 2026.
Vacancy leases. Before 14 June 2019 the guidelines applied only to renewals, and vacancy leases could carry other increases. HCR marks the guideline as applying to vacancy and renewal leases from October 2020, and the 2023 rule changes confirm it NYS HCR Fact Sheet #26: rent increases for stabilised apartments (07/2026) · checked 22 Oct 2026. So vacancy leases are checked only from 1 October 2020.
Not checked. Major Capital Improvement (MCI) increases, which need an HCR order and are capped at 2% a year; Individual Apartment Improvement (IAI) increases for new appliances or work in the apartment; and preferential rents NYS HCR Fact Sheet #26: rent increases for stabilised apartments (07/2026) · checked 22 Oct 2026. If you pay a preferential rent below the legal rent, since 14 June 2019 a renewal can raise only what you pay by the guideline (see HCR Fact Sheet #40). Your rent history and lease rider should show any of these.
If an increase looks too high
In general, complaints of rent overcharge look back six years NYS HCR Fact Sheet #26: rent increases for stabilised apartments (07/2026) · checked 22 Oct 2026. You can file a complaint with HCR's Office of Rent Administration on form RA-89 or online through Rent Connect. HCR can order the owner to lower the legal rent and refund the excess, and a wilful overcharge can lead to treble damages NYS HCR: rent increases and rent overcharge · checked 22 Oct 2026. A tenant lawyer or a tenants' group can help you read the history first.
62 or older, or on disability benefits? The Rent Freeze Program can stop future increases. More on stabilisation: rent-stabilised apartments.
The guidelines, by year
| Leases starting | Order | 1 year | 2 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 on | #58 | 0% | 0% |
| 1 Oct 2025 on | #57 | 3% | 4.5% |
| 1 Oct 2024 on | #56 | 2.75% | 5.25% |
| 1 Oct 2023 on | #55 | 3% | 2.75% then 3.2% |
| 1 Oct 2022 on | #54 | 3.25% | 5% |
| 1 Oct 2021 on | #53 | 0% then 1.5% | 2.5% |
| 1 Oct 2020 on | #52 | 0% | 0% then 1% |
| 1 Oct 2019 on | #51 | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| 1 Oct 2018 on | #50 | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| 1 Oct 2017 on | #49 | 1.25% | 2% |
| 1 Oct 2016 on | #48 | 0% | 2% |
| 1 Oct 2015 on | #47 | 0% | 2% |
| 1 Oct 2014 on | #46 | 1% | 2.75% |
Each order covers leases starting 1 October to the next 30 September. Staged rates: #52, two-year leases: 0% in the first year, 1% in the second; #53, one-year leases: 0% for the first six months, 1.5% for the last six; #55, two-year leases: 2.75% in the first year, then 3.2% on the first year's rent NYC Rent Guidelines Board: apartment orders #1 to #58 · checked 22 Oct 2026 NYS HCR Fact Sheet #26: rent increases for stabilised apartments (07/2026) · checked 22 Oct 2026.