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Mountain View committee affirms hearing officer in smoking‑related rent reduction case
Summary
The Mountain View Rental Housing Committee unanimously affirmed a hearing officer’s decision ordering rent reductions and a rent rollback in a tenant’s secondhand‑smoke/habitability petition, rejecting the landlord’s allegation of systemic bias while staff said the record included corroborating evidence.
The Mountain View Rental Housing Committee on Dec. 18 unanimously affirmed a hearing officer’s decision in a tenant petition that found secondhand smoke and an unlawful rent charge, ordering a rollback of rent and temporary rent reductions.
Staff told the committee the hearing officer concluded the tenants met their burden on an unlawful rent claim (an alleged $175 fee tied to pest‑control access) and on a habitability claim involving secondhand smoke. The hearing officer ordered a 20% rent reduction for an initial period and a 100% rent reduction for a subsequent period, and rolled back a rent increase to $2,195 per month as the lawful rent for the affected unit, according to staff’s…
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