New Roof MCI Denied

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on a new roof installation. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and won. Tenants claimed that the roof installation wasn't completed and that the roof was still being repaired at the time the MCI application was filed. The DHCR ruled that landlord had previously filed an MCI application for the same work. The DRA had denied an increase. Although tenants didn't object when landlord refiled, records showed that landlord didn't replace the entire roofing system, and the installation was done in an unworkmanlike manner.

2197-2199 Cruger Ave.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. SL630077RT (9/8/06) [2-pg. doc.]