Legal Opinion
Allen v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 9, 1988No. 86-584PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Petitioner Barbara Drayton Allen filed a Tenant Petition with the District of Columbia Rental Accommodations Office (RAO) challenging a rent increase sought by her landlord, Poretsky Management, Inc., for her apartment on Elmira Street, S.E. She asserted inter alia that she had not been given the required thirty-day notice of the increase, that the rent charged exceeded the lawful rent ceiling, and that the landlord had incorrectly calculated the base rent in his application for a hardship petition. A hearing examiner rejected all her arguments and dismissed the…
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