Loose or Missing Doorknobs

LVT Number: 8098

Tenants complained of decreased building-wide services. Among other things, an inspection showed that there was a missing doorknob on a stairwell door and that several doorknobs were loose. The DRA reduced tenants' rents, and landlord appealed. Landlord claimed that fixing the doorknobs was everyday maintenance and that it was unfair to reduce rents for this condition. The DHCR disagreed. Loose or missing doorknobs---especially on a stairwell door---can be hazardous. And the DRA gave landlord notice of tenants' complaint in 1989.

Tenants complained of decreased building-wide services. Among other things, an inspection showed that there was a missing doorknob on a stairwell door and that several doorknobs were loose. The DRA reduced tenants' rents, and landlord appealed. Landlord claimed that fixing the doorknobs was everyday maintenance and that it was unfair to reduce rents for this condition. The DHCR disagreed. Loose or missing doorknobs---especially on a stairwell door---can be hazardous. And the DRA gave landlord notice of tenants' complaint in 1989. A year later, the inspector still found loose or missing doorknobs.

Monte Carlo Leasing Co.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. EH 130350-RO (5/7/93) [3-page document]

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