Pinewood Estates of Michigan v. Barnegat Township Rent Leveling Board

ROSALIE B. COOPER, J.S.C.

The issue presented for consideration by this court is whether an appraiser’s fees for a report and testimony in support of a landlord’s application for a hardship rent increase should be allowed by the Barnegat Township Rent Control Board as reasonable and necessary operating expenses.

Hardship rent increases are governed by Section 64-8A of the Barnegat Township Rent Leveling Ordinance which states:

A landlord who finds that present rental income and additional charges from the mobile home park on which he seeks relief hereunder are insufficient to cover the cost of…