Full question:
I live in co-op apartment owned by my parents and have been maintaining the place for 7 years. I pay the maintenance by my personal check. My parents want to add me to the paperwork as joint tenant with rights of survivorship. The co-op managing office says that might be a problem because my source of income is permanent disability. However I do also have assets in the bank. Can they prevent me from being put on the legal paperwork? Also, if this were to not be done and the apartment strictly willed to me could the managing agent / co-op board stop me from maintaining residence here because of my income source?
- Category: Landlord Tenant
- Date:
- State: New York
Answer:
New York City's Human Rights Law makes it illegal to reject a potential purchaser on the basis of race, color, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital and family status, lawful source of income and occupation,
Rules regarding the resale and transfer of apartments are found in three legal documents: The Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws, and the Proprietary Lease. The co-op board can block the sale for any reason except overt discrimination.
For further information, please see:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/cchr/html/housing.html
http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/breaking-the-co-op-barrier
http://www.nyc.gov/html/cchr/html/howto.html
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