Dorchester House Associates Ltd. Partnership v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 938 A.2d 696 (2007)

Citation: Dorchester House Associates Ltd. Partnership v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 938 A.2d 696 (2007)
Parent Document: Dorchester House Associates Ltd. Partnership v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 938 A.2d 696 (2007)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
Effective Date: 2007-12-20
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1440723/dorchester-house-associates-ltd... ↗

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In August 2001, contractors retained by Dorchester began work replacing Dorches-ter House’s boiler # 2. Dorchester’s capital improvement petition explained that the emergency work was necessary to ensure that tenants would have adequate hot water and adequate heat during the ensuing winter. Dorchester sought approval for a capital improvement surcharge of three dollars per unit to recover the cost of the new boiler. Before filing its petition, Dor-chester requested a housing code inspection. The DCRA Housing Inspection Division inspected many units on October 3, 2001, and, on the basis of that inspection and inspections conducted during September 2001, issued Housing Deficiency Notices that cited housing code infractions in 148 apartment units. The record does not make clear how many of the apartment building’s 394 units DCRA actually inspected on October 3, 2001, or why some units were not inspected, but the parties agree that not all units were inspected on that date and also that not all units were inspected within thirty days before Dor-chester filed its (November 2, 2001) petition.

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