Rent Reduction Order Issued Years Before Tenant's Complaint Freezes Rent

January 1, 2008

LVT Number: #20146

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $1,100, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. The legal regulated rent on the base date four years before tenant filed his complaint was $750. But the collectible rent on that date was $702 because a prior DHCR order had reduced tenant's rent based on a reduction in services. The rent reduction remained in effect until May 1, 2006, when the rent was restored.

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $1,100, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. The legal regulated rent on the base date four years before tenant filed his complaint was $750. But the collectible rent on that date was $702 because a prior DHCR order had reduced tenant's rent based on a reduction in services. The rent reduction remained in effect until May 1, 2006, when the rent was restored.

Figliola: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. VF210021RO (10/18/07) [3-pg. doc.]

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