Individual Apartment Rent Cut in Effect

Landlord applied for MCI rent increases based on the installation of a new boiler/burner. The DRA granted landlord's application, and tenants appealed. They argued that their apartments didn't have enough heat or hot water. The DHCR ruled for landlord, in part. Several tenants had been granted rent cuts for inadequate hot water, which were in effect when landlord applied for the MCI increase. Since those rent cuts weren't building-wide, they don't bar landlord from collecting an MCI rent hike. But, landlord can't collect the MCI rent hike for those apartments until the DHCR restores the rents.

Various Tenants of 200 Clinton Street: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. Nos. HD 230187-RT et al. (6/16/94) [5-page document]