10-2.7 Rent Adjustment Proceedings of Controlled Housing Accommodations.
(A) Individual adjustment of maximum rent. The Board shall consider an adjustment of rent for an individual controlled housing accommodation upon receipt of a petition for adjustment filed by the landlord or tenant of such housing accommodation or upon its own initiative. Such petition shall be made on a form approved by the Administrator. The Board shall notify the landlord and tenant if the petition was filed by the tenant, or the tenant and landlord if the petition was filed by the landlord, upon receipt of such petition of the right of either party to request a hearing in writing within 15 calendar days after the receipt of such notice, or the Board may schedule a hearing upon its own initiative. If a hearing is requested in a timely manner by either party, or if the action is undertaken upon the initiative of the Board, notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be furnished to the landlord and the tenant and the hearing shall be conducted before a designee of the Board. The Board may consolidate petitions and actions taken under its own initiative relating to controlled housing accommodations in the same building or development, and all such petitions and actions may be considered in a single hearing.