4206 RENT CEILINGS ADJUSTMENTS OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY

4206.1 A rent ceiling adjustment of general applicability, authorized by § 206(b) of the Act, is an increase in the rent ceiling for a previously registered rental unit that may be taken and perfected at the election of the housing provider.

4206.2 The amount of increase in the rent ceiling that a housing provider may take and perfect under § 206(b) of the Act shall be the lesser of one of the following:

1. (a) That percent of the previously authorized rent ceiling for the rental unit that is equal to the percent of increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the Washington, D.C. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) during the previous calendar year as certified by the Commission pursuant to § 202(a)(3) of the Act; or
2. (b) Ten percent (10%) of the previously authorized rent ceiling for the rental unit.

4206.3 A housing provider may take and perfect a rent ceiling adjustment of general applicability only once in any twelve (12) month period, and a housing provider who elects to perfect a rent ceiling adjustment for a rental unit under § 206(b) of the Act shall not be eligible to take and perfect another such adjustment during the twelve (12) month period immediately following the date of perfection of the prior adjustment of general applicability.

4206.4 A housing provider who so elects shall take and perfect a rent ceiling adjustment of general applicability in the manner set forth in § 4204.10, and the date of perfection shall be the date on which the housing provider satisfies the notice requirements of § 4101.6.

4206.5 Where a housing provider increases the rent for a rental unit to an amount equal to, or less than, the rent ceiling adjustment permitted by § 4206.1, the housing provider shall comply with the provisions of §§ 4205.4 and 4205.5, and the notices required by §§ 4101.6 and 4205.4(a) may be issued simultaneously to the affected tenant on a form of notice approved by the Rent Administrator.

SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 1336, 1389-90 (March 7, 1986); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 2656, 2665 (May 2, 1986).