(6) Payment or Refund of Rents to Implement Certification Decision. If the Administrative Law Judge finds that all or any portion of the heretofore inoperative rent increase is justified, the tenant shall be ordered to pay the landlord that amount. If the tenant has paid an amount to the landlord which the Administrative Law Judge finds unjustified, the Administrative Law Judge shall order the landlord to reimburse the tenant said amount.
(7) Finality of Administrative Law Judge's Decision. The decision of the Administrative Law Judge shall be final unless the Board vacates his or her decision on appeal.
(8) Appeals. Either party may file an appeal of the Administrative Law Judge's decision with the Board. Such appeals are governed by Section 37.8(f) below.
(h) Tenant Financial Hardship Applications.
(1) A tenant may file a hardship application at any time on grounds of financial hardship with respect to any rent increase based on certified costs of capital improvements, rehabilitation work, energy conservation improvements, or renewable energy improvements. Payment of such rent increases(s) set forth in the hardship application shall be stayed from the date of filing until a decision is made on the Tenant Financial Hardship Application.
(2) Hardship applications shall be available in multiple languages.
(3) Multilingual notice of hardship application procedures shall be mailed with each Administrative Law Judge or Board decision.