First Copy of Application Incomplete

Landlord applied for an MCI rent hike. The DRA granted the application and made the rent hike effective Dec. 1, 1988. Landlord appealed the effective date of the rent hike. Landlord had first certified to the DRA that tenants had been served copies of the MCI application in February 1987. The effective date of the MCI increase should be 30 days after completion of landlord's application, including service on tenants. The DHCR ruled against landlord. The copy of the application landlord served in 1987 was incomplete. A complete copy of the application was served on tenants and certified to the DRA in October 1988. The Dec. 1, 1988, effective date was therefore proper.

Curto: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. DD230287RO (4/18/96) [2-page document]