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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Afshar v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 504 A.2d 1105 (1986)

Citation
Afshar v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 504 A.2d 1105 (1986)
Parent Document
Afshar v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 504 A.2d 1105 (1986)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1986-01-24

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Adjustments to rent ceilings and rollbacks of rents, then, are as different as rent ceilings and rents themselves. Where the law authorizes an adjustment in the rent ceiling, it does not necessarily mandate a rollback; where it directs a rollback, it does not also decree a rent-ceiling adjustment. In this ease both the Commission and the Rent Administrator erred in failing to recognize the essential differences between these two quite distinct remedies.