There's a Budget Rent Determination Hearing for Island House
today at Manhattan offices of the Division of Housing and
Community Renewal. The hearing feeds into the process by which
rent hikes are determined by the Commissioner of DHCR.
"It's not exactly a rational process," according to Tim Johns
of the Westview/Island House Task Force. The issues, he says,
"revolve around repairs and how much the tenants can afford for
them, and around whether there is enough confidence in the
managing agent to make those repairs and to spend the tenants'
money [any rent hike] wisely."
