Niles v. Boston Rent Control Administrator

These cases arise out of two rent adjustments ordered by the Boston rent control administrator (administrator) in August, 1975, and November, 1975, respectively, for Westbrook Village, an apartment complex.

The August, 1975, adjustment increased the rents at Westbrook Village to a gross maximum level of $946,236 annually. The tenants appealed from that decision to the Housing Court of the City of Boston, arguing that the administrator had not followed his own regulations. A judge of the Housing Court upheld that adjustment, and the trustees (owner) and the tenants now appeal from the judgment.

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