| What units are eligible for rent control and which are exempt? |
Exempt Units: rental units in hotels, motels, inns, tourist homes and rooming and
boarding houses, hospitals, convent, monastery, extended medical care facilitiy,
asylum, non-profit home for the aged, dormitory owned and operated by a higher
education institution, government unit,
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| On what grounds is the landlord allowed to petition for additional rent increases? |
- Increases or decreases in property taxes
- Unavoidable increases or any decreases in maintenance and operating
expenses
- The cost of planned or completed capital improvements to the rental unit (as
distinguished from ordinary repair, replacement and maintenance) where such capital
improvements are necessary to bring the property into compliance or maintain
compliance with applicable local code requirements affecting health and safety, and
where such capital improvement costs are properly amortized over the life of the
improvement
- Increases or decreases in the number of tenants occupying the rental unit, living
space, furniture, furnishings; equipment, or other housing services provided, or
occupancy rules
- Substantial deterioration of the controlled rental unit other than as a result of
normal wear and tear
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