Rent Adjustment Petitions

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One-time Utility Adjustment Petitions.

Rent Adjustment Petitions

The CSFRA requires the City provide a way for landlords and tenants of rent stabilized units to request upward or downward adjustments of rent through a petition process. Landlords and tenants request an adjustment in rent by filing petitions with the City and entering into a formal process. This process includes:

Filing forms and documentation
Pre-hearing meetings
Pre-hearing settlement conferences (if requested)
Hearings overseen and decided by an independent, impartial Hearing Officer
A formal decision determined by the same Hearing Officer
An appeal process with the Rental Housing Committee if a party to a petition disputes the outcome of the decision.

Types of Petitions

Landlords and tenants can file rent adjustment petitions. To learn more about each type of petition, click the landlord or tenant-initiated petition button below.

Landlord Initiated Petitions

Maintenance of Net Operating Income (MNOI) Petitions
Specified Capital Improvement Petitions
Exemption Status Petitions

Tenant Initiated Petitions

Unlawful Rent Petitions
Failure to Maintain Habitable Premise and/or Reduction in Housing Services Petitions
Tenant Hardship Petitions
New or Additional Housing Services Petitions
Exemption Status Petitions

CSFRA Petitions Filed from November 2017 through June 2025

FY 2024-25 Filed Petitions