Legal Opinion
Sawyer Property Management of Maryland, Inc. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 16, 2005No. 02-AA-1362PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
The Rental Housing Commission (“RHC”) disallowed a rent increase for a rent-controlled apartment because of defects in the housing provider’s registration and notice to the tenant and, more critically, because the increase did not implement a properly perfected upward adjustment of the rent ceiling for the apartment. We affirm on the latter ground. We defer to the RHC’s interpretation of statutory provisions and its own regulations governing two common rent ceiling adjustments that a housing provider may take, the adjustment of general applicability and the vacant…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Demarest v. ManspeakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Railroad Yardmasters of America v. Robert O. Harris, Chairman, National Mediation BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Goodman v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Winchester Van Buren Tenants Ass'n v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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