Rent-regulated Bronx tenants have a chance to be heard Monday by the body that decides the annual increase that landlords are allowed.
The Rent Guidelines Board will hold the first public hearing in the borough from 4 p.m. to 10p.m. in the Main Theatre of Hostos Community College at 450 Grand Concourse near 149th St.
People who want to speak can register at the site from 3:45 p.m. until 8 p.m., but speakers who pre-registered by phone last week will go first.
“I don’t think they deserve any increase unless they’re keeping up the buildings like they’re supposed to,” said Annie Owens, 68, a rent-regulated tenant in Mount Eden.
Owens echoes a familiar complaint from tenants in rent-regulated buildings, who see rents creep up even as conditions in their buildings deteriorate.
Tenant advocates charge that real estate companies and absentee landlords often buy up rent-regulated buildings and then let them decay - or worse, harass the tenants - in order to drive out longtime residents so their apartments can be rented at market rates.
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