Sharpe v. Goldwyn

CLAGETT, Associate Judge.

Petitioners, who are tenants at the Chal-fonte Apartment House at 1601 Argonne Place, N. W., brought this proceeding to review an order of the District of Columbia Rent Administrator 1 by which he increased the rents on the several apartments. The landlord and the Rent Administrator appeared in defense of the order.

Based upon a total annual rental for the calendar year beginning January 1, 1941, of $130,145, the landlord requested an increase of 16.5% to compensate for alleged additional operating expenditures, including real estate taxes and water rents, of…