Is my building rent stabilized?
Only the state can say for certain, from your apartment's rent history, and asking is free. Your building's public record gives clues in the meantime.
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The definitive answer: your rent history
New York State keeps the registration record for every stabilized apartment. Request your unit's rent history free through the Ask HCR portal, run by NYS Homes and Community Renewal. It shows every registered rent for your apartment.
The building-level clues
Buildings built before 1974 with six or more units are commonly stabilized. Buildings that took certain tax benefits must register units for the benefit period. The registration counts were public too: In 2023, the most recent registration year PulseCities holds, 884,441 stabilized units were registered across 32,599 NYC buildings. The state withdrew its annual snapshot dataset in April 2026, so nothing newer is published here.
There is a fourth clue, and it is a decision rather than a filing. New York State rules on tenant complaints that the rent charged was above the legal limit, and it upheld 1,751 of them on cases decided since 2021. That is a finding, not an allegation. PulseCities has matched 1,447 of those buildings to their own page, so searching your address above is worth a try. A building where the state upheld an overcharge has regulated apartments in it, whatever the registration record says.
While you are checking
The rent history request is not instant. The search above opens your building's own page, which carries who took the deed, the eviction record, open violations, and a card that emails you when any of those move.
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Common questions
How do I check if my apartment is rent stabilized?
The definitive answer is your rent history, free from New York State Homes and Community Renewal. Request it through the Ask HCR portal. Building-level clues help too: buildings built before 1974 with six or more units are commonly stabilized, and buildings receiving certain tax benefits must register stabilized units.
Is there an official public list of stabilized buildings?
DHCR publishes building-level registration lists, but they lag and a building's presence or absence is not conclusive for any single apartment. That is why the rent history request exists.
Has the state ever found an overcharge at my building?
It may have. New York State upheld 1,751 tenant overcharge complaints on cases decided since 2021, meaning it found the rent charged was above the legal limit. PulseCities carries 1,447 of those buildings, so search your address above. An upheld complaint concerns the apartment it was filed about and does not settle the status of yours.
Can a sale or renovation end stabilization?
A sale does not end stabilization; the status attaches to the apartment, not the owner. Since the 2019 housing law, most paths that removed apartments from stabilization are closed, though earlier deregulations still stand. If your rent jumped after a renovation, the rent history shows how the increases were registered.
What does PulseCities track about stabilization?
The registered stabilized-unit counts DHCR published for each building, 2018 to 2023. The state withdrew that dataset in April 2026, so there is nothing newer to show, and the counts no longer feed the neighborhood scores.
PulseCities reads public registration data. It does not decide any apartment's legal status; the rent history from DHCR does. How PulseCities reads the record