(a) All notices required by this chapter shall be in English and Spanish.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:
DAMP. "DAMP" shall mean to the Division of Alternative Management Programs, or any successor division, of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
DAMP Lessee. "DAMP Lessee" shall mean a person or entity with whom HPD has entered into a lease for the management of a building under any DAMP Program.
DAMP Programs. "DAMP Programs" shall mean the programs administered by DAMP.
DAMP Program Director. "DAMP Program Director" shall mean the individual at HPD responsible for the operation of an individual DAMP Program or his or her designee.
Room. "Room" shall mean the basic living space of a dwelling unit (i.e. living room, kitchen, dining room, and bedroom). Each bathroom shall be considered as one-half of a room. In studio apartments or apartments in which the kitchen (or kitchenette) and living area occupy the same space, that space shall be considered as two Rooms.
Tenant. "Tenant" shall mean a residential tenant of record occupying a dwelling unit pursuant to a lease with the City or with a net lessee which has entered into a net lease with the City for the building in which such dwelling unit is located. Other residential occupants, such as squatters and licensees, are not Tenants. Non-residential tenants or occupants, such as those who occupy space for retail, commercial, manufacturing, or community facility purposes, are not Tenants.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in this title, the provisions of this chapter govern the procedures for setting and increasing rents for Tenants of City-owned buildings participating in DAMP Programs.
(d) No Tenant shall receive more than one rent increase within a twelve-month period unless additional increases in the maximum rental charge-per-Room are requested or approved by no fewer than sixty percent (60%) of the Tenants.
(e) DAMP shall assist eligible Tenants in applying for existing rental assistance programs.
(a) To facilitate a particular building's operation and as a condition of admission to a DAMP Program, the appropriate DAMP Program Director may establish a minimum per Room rent level for all dwelling units in such building.
(b) The determination to establish a minimum per Room rent level for all dwelling units in a particular building shall be based on the DAMP Program Director's estimate of the maintenance and operating expenses of the particular building upon admission to a DAMP Program. The DAMP Program Director shall consider the existing rent roll for the particular building or project, the number of vacant dwelling units at the time of admission to a DAMP Program and the maintenance and operating expenses incurred by other buildings presently or previously in that or other DAMP Programs.
(c) The DAMP Program Director shall notify each Tenant that the particular building has been accepted into a DAMP Program, the effective date of entry, to whom rent payments are to be made after that date, and what the initial rent for the dwelling unit will be upon entry and shall provide information on any rental assistance which may be available to the Tenants and the procedures to apply for such assistance. The notice shall be in writing and sent by regular mail to the affected Tenants at least thirty (30) days before the date of entry into a DAMP Program.
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