Episode 53: Can your landlord charge you an extra fee each month because you pay your rent electronically?

<p>Can your landlord up-charge you for paying rent electronically? Those charges sure add up over time. For that matter, can the landlord charge you an extra fee for paying manually – with a check, cash, or money order? If you don’t pay electronically, how can you document that you’ve paid? Do you have a right to a receipt? What type of receipt? And how soon after you pay manually must the landlord give you the receipt? What if you are a subtenant, do the answers change? What if you are Rent Stabilized, do the answers change?</p><p><br></p><p>These are the questions we are tackling in this Episode 3 of Learn to Live Better, a Housing Law Podcast.</p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p><br></p><p>• <a href="https://hcr.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/12/fact-sheet-44-12-2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">DHCR Fact Sheet 44</a></p><p><br></p><p>• Email us with topic suggestions. <a href="mailto:questions@tenantlearningplatform.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">questions@tenantlearningplatform.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Like, subscribe, review, share – these are the best ways to get this information to more New Yorkers who need it. </p><p><br></p>