The evening world., 1920-08-25
BOWLING HAS BILL
REGULATING RENTS,
TO STOP GOUGING
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legitimate rent are concerned. There
VIII be no object In getting a family
out for the reason that new tenant
cannot under the Bowling act be
charged a cent more than the Old one
The Tenement House Law applies
equally to the apartment on River
side Drive and to the east side rook-
cry.
Article l. Section Of the Tene-
ment House Law reads: "a tene-
ment house Is any house or build
ing, or portion thereof. which ia
either rented, leased let or hired
out to be occupied or is occupied.
in whole cr in part as the home
or residence OF three families or
more living Independently Of
each other and doing their cook
ing upon the premises. and in
cludes apartment houses. flat
houses and all other houses SO
occupied"
Senator Bowling introduced this
very measure during the session q,
last winter, former Assistant District
Attorney Ralph p. Buell. having col
laborated in its drafting, but with
drew it in Difference to the Joint
Committee named by both Houses to
have charge of an housing legisla-
tion. The bill reads as follows:
Rent limited in leases of apart
ments. In all cities OF this State
having a population OF 100000 or
over, or Gin any part. borough, sec
tion. ward or block thereof, no con-
tract of rental for residential pur-
poses of any part OF a tenement
house, as a tenement house Is de-
fined by the Tenement House Law,
shall be made conditioned upon the
payment Of rent at a rate greater
than 10 per cent. net Of the actual
value of such part. Actual value OF
u tenement house shall be presumed
to be the valuation assessed for pur-
poses OF taxation plus 20 per cent.
of such assessment.
Provision may be made in such
contract that the increased cost, II
any, OF operation or maintenance or
such tenement house, occurring sub
seQuentlY to the execution OF such
contract, and while the tenant Is in
possession, may be apportioned, and
that such tenant shall pay at monthly
intervals his or her pro rata share OF
such cost.
I'm every action or special proceed
GVNrr 20, dtn ~ n
tract of rental for residential pur-
poses of any part Of a tenement
house, the landlord, owner or other
person making such contract OF rental
or his or their agent or representative
must allege and prove that such con-
tract Is not one hereby prohibited. A
contract hereby prohibited shall not
be void, but the tenant shall be en-
titled to any excess or rent or as
sessment paid. y case any proVl-
sion hereof shall be declared uncon-
stitutional. the remaining provisions
shall be unaffected. The provisions
of this section shall not apply on or
after Dec. '31, 1923. Any owner, land
lord, or other person making or en-
tering into a contract of such rental,
who wilfully violates any OF the pro
visions OF this section shall be guilty
~ misdemeanor, and shall be pun
ishable by fine not exceeding $1,000
or imprisonment OF one year or both"
THE PROPOSED HOUSING LAW
EXPLAINED.
Senator Dowling is at present out
Of the city, but Jacob J. Alexander,
one of his law partners, who is famil-
lar with the provisions of the pro-
posed measure and the legal founda-
tion upon which 1t iS built, was kind