Rent Stabilization Commission affirms remand decision in D-4930, records MAR at $1,469.88

The West Hollywood Rent Stabilization Commission on Feb. 12 unanimously affirmed the hearing examiner’s second-remand decision in appeal D-4930, a dispute over the maximum allowable rent (MAR) and alleged rent overcharges. The commission adopted a resolution that also records the MAR finding of $1,469.88.

The case has been before the commission multiple times. Legal counsel Kellen Marts told commissioners that prior commission decisions did find a rent overcharge of about $7,600, but a subsequent remand hearing reviewed additional noticed rent increases and concluded there was no overcharge. “On the last remand for additional review, the hearing examiner reviewed all the evidence and found that there was no rent overcharge,” Marts summarized during the meeting.

Tenant representatives argued the landlord, Scott Properties, failed to…