Granite State Ltd. Partnership v. District of Columbia Rental Accommodations Commission

Petitioner Granite State Limited Partnership (Granite State) in its petition for review urges this court to reverse a Decision and Order (Order) of the District of Columbia Rental Accommodations Commission (the Commission). The Order concludes that petitioner’s rental property, a building containing some 167 separate living units, was not exempt from rent control because it was a “housing accommodation” as defined by D.C.Code 1978 Supp. V., § 45-1641(e), and that petitioner owed the complaining tenant a refund for the excess rent he had paid.1 We conclude the Commission’s interpretation of…