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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Tenants opposed Dorchester’s petition, and a hearing on the petition was held on July 24, 2002. Thereafter, in an October 4, 2002 Decision and Order, the Rent Administrator found that Dorchester’s petition met all the requirements of the Act and approved the requested rent ceiling increase. The Rent Administrator accepted into evidence a “Certificate of Inspection,” signed by Dorchester’s Lease and Rent Control Administrator, which certified that the DCRA Housing Inspection Division conducted an inspection of Dor-chester House on October 3, 2001. The Rent Administrator also admitted into evidence the Housing Deficiency Notices referenced above. The Rent Administrator found that Dorchester “had the housing accommodation inspected for housing code violations within 30 days of filing the petition.” Acknowledging the tenants’ argument that “at best only 148 apartments were inspected and some of them were inspected on [dates that were] not within 30 days of the petition filing,” the Rent Administrator reasoned that an inspection within 30 days of the petition filing date was not required before the capital improvement petition could be approved. The Rent Administrator reasoned that the provisions of D.C.Code §§ 42-3502.08(a) and (b)

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