Afshar v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Petitioner’s tenants filed a complaint with the Rental Accommodations Office (RAO) alleging that their rents exceeded the applicable rent ceilings. The Rent Administrator determined, after a hearing, that petitioner had charged rents in excess of the ceilings from August 1980 through May 1981, but found that he had become aware of the applicable ceilings only in November 1980. The Rent Administrator therefore ordered petitioner to refund to his tenants the excess rents collected from December 1980 through April 1981. On the tenants’ appeal, the Rental Housing Commission…