New Skylight Not Installed with Qualifying Improvement

LVT Number: 17280

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the replacement of skylights and a roof hatch. The DRA ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed and lost. The DHCR's position is that skylights and/or roof hatches must be installed in connection with a qualifying improvement such as a new roof to be included as part of an MCI. Landlord already received a separate MCI rent hike for a new roof in 2000. Since the skylights weren't installed until 2003, they weren't done in connection with the roof work.

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the replacement of skylights and a roof hatch. The DRA ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed and lost. The DHCR's position is that skylights and/or roof hatches must be installed in connection with a qualifying improvement such as a new roof to be included as part of an MCI. Landlord already received a separate MCI rent hike for a new roof in 2000. Since the skylights weren't installed until 2003, they weren't done in connection with the roof work.

Sherwin: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. RI210059RO (11/12/03) [2-pg. doc.]

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