§ 10-24 Subchapter C Units.
RCNY § 10-24
(a)To be eligible to receive a Subchapter C unit repair grant, a dwelling unit must meet the following criteria: (1) The unit must be located in New York City and be rent stabilized pursuant to the rent stabilization law of 1969, the rent stabilization code, the emergency tenant protection act of 1974, or any successor statute or regulation addressing substantially the same subject matter; (2) The unit must be vacant at the time of application for a preliminary certificate of eligibility pursuant to 28 RCNY Chapter 60, and must have been timely registered as vacant in its 2023 and 2024 annual rent registrations with the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal; and (3) The legal rent for the unit must be timely registered during the April 1 to July 31 filing period for both the 2022 and 2023 annual rent registrations filed with the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, and must be at or below the following thresholds: (A) $1,200 for a dwelling unit with up to one bedroom; (B) $1,300 for a dwelling unit with two bedrooms; and (C) $1,400 for a dwelling unit with three or more bedrooms.
(b)No more than three dwelling units in a multiple dwelling may be designated as Subchapter C units.
(c)DSS will issue a Subchapter C Unit Repair Grant to the owner of a dwelling unit once such owner has (i) received a final certificate of eligibility from HPD in accordance with the requirements of 28 RCNY Chapter 60 and (ii) complied with subdivision (b) of 68 RCNY § 10-25.
(d)Applications for participation in CityFHEPS Program will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.
(e)The Subchapter C Unit Repair Grant will not exceed $50,000 per dwelling unit.
(f)The CityFHEPS Program pilot is subject to the availability of funding. (Added City Record 11/16/2023, eff. 12/16/2023; amended City Record 8/14/2025, eff. 9/13/2025)
