Replacement of Radiators Doesn't Qualify

LVT Number: 15148

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of radiators. The DRA ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed and lost. The DHCR's policy was that the building-wide replacement of radiators was normal repair and maintenance work and wasn't an MCI unless it was done in connection with repiping and/or a boiler installation. In this case, landlord had done the boiler installation two years before the radiator installations. So it didn't qualify as an MCI.

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of radiators. The DRA ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed and lost. The DHCR's policy was that the building-wide replacement of radiators was normal repair and maintenance work and wasn't an MCI unless it was done in connection with repiping and/or a boiler installation. In this case, landlord had done the boiler installation two years before the radiator installations. So it didn't qualify as an MCI.

JHJ Realty LLC: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. PA430058RO (5/9/01) [2-pg. doc.]

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