DHCR Order Not Required

Rent-controlled tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA issued an order stating the MCR for the apartment. Landlord appealed, claiming that the DRA didn't consider the cost of a new refrigerator installed in the apartment. The DHCR ruled for landlord and increased the rent. Under the Rent Regulation Reform Act of 1993, landlord of a rent-controlled apartment is no longer required to get a DHCR order to collect a rent increase for the installation of a new appliance when landlord has gotten tenant's written consent to the increase and filed the required notice with the DHCR.

Y. Zeysal Realty Assocs.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. KG120004RO (9/9/99) [2-pg. doc.]