Repairs of Housing Violations
All tenants have the right to safe housing!
If your apartment has any conditions which are dangerous, hazardous or detrimental to your life, health or safety, or which violate housing laws, you have the right to sue your landlord to make repairs.
This Petition is called a RPAPL Article 7-D Petition for Judgment Directing Repairs.
VLPCNY has prepared a fillable PDF that you can use to prepare a petition. Download that form here: Repairs Petition -- 7-D
It includes:
- General Info -- if you fill this in it will autofill the rest of the form
- Notice of Petition for Judgment Directing Repairs
- Petition for Judgment Directing Repairs
- Application to Waive Corut Costs, Fees and Expenses (you will need to fill out your financial information by hand if you want to waive the filing fee)
- Order -- Application to Waive Court Costs, Fees, and Expenses (which the Judge will sign if granted)
- Affirmation of Service -- The person who mails the Notice of Petition and Petition must complete this, and you must file it within 3 days with court.
- Instructions on what to do with the forms
Or visit one of our Court-Based Legal Clinics to have a volunteer attorney help fill out the document and answer legal questions about tenants’ rights.
Every Tuesday & Thursday from 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Syracuse City Court, Part 1 - Map
505 South State Street, Syracuse