Benitez v Ogden Gardens et al. Final Order, No. TP-29189 (D.C. Off. Admin. Hr'gs)

Citation: Benitez v Ogden Gardens et al. Final Order, No. TP-29189 (D.C. Off. Admin. Hr'gs)
Parent Document: Benitez v Ogden Gardens et al. Final Order, No. TP-29189 (D.C. Off. Admin. Hr'gs)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
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6 The application of the CPI increase, or the adjustment of general applicability, was described
by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals as follows: "The adjustment of general
applicability allows housing providers the option to increase rent ceilings annually in order to
keep up with inflation. The adjustment 'shall be equal to the change during the previous
calendar year, ending each December 31, in the Washington, D.C., Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI- W)
for all items during the preceding calendar year,' subject to a cap of ten percent. D.C. Code
§ 42-3502.06(b). It is the RHC ' s [Rental Housing Commission's] duty to determine the amount
of the general applicability adjustment annually and publish it by March 1 of each year. See id.
and D.C. Code § 42-3502.02(a)(3). The adjustment is published annually in the D.C. Regi ster
with an effective date of May I." Sawyer Prop. Mgmt. of Md., Inc. v. D.C. Rental HOlls.
Comm 'n, 877 A.2d 96, 104 (D.C. 2005) (footnotes omitted). -17-
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