Tenant Admitted that Defects Corrected

The DRA reduced tenant's rent based on a reduction in services. Landlord applied for restoration of rent. The DRA ruled against landlord based on an inspection which showed that conditions warranting the rent reduction still existed. Landlord appealed, pointing out that all conditions had been corrected. A letter from a DHCR Compliance Unit attorney had stated that tenant acknowledged that all items in the order had been corrected as of August 1992. The DHCR ruled for landlord. Tenant didn't assert the claim that the conditions existed until July 1993. Tenant can file a new complaint as to any problems that recurred. But it was apparent that landlord had corrected the conditions in response to the prior DRA order.

Aragona: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. ID 410287RO (4/3/96) [3-page document]