Clason Management Corp. v. Temporary State Housing Rent Commission

This application to review the respondent’s determination presents the question whether the rentals charged by the petitioner are subject to the control of the Temporary State Housing Rent Commission. Petitioner is the owner only of the land upon which the tenants’ houses [bungalows] have been erected. The houses themselves are owned by the tenants, who pay ground rents to petitioner.

It is clear that real estate, by itself, is not included in the “ housing accommodations ” which alone are subject to respondent’s control under the rent laws. Subdivision 2 of section 2 of the Emergency Housing…