Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-26
RENT RISE HALTED
UNTIL PRESIDENT
SAYS WAR |SOVER
Case of Interior Department
Against Tenant Paying SIS
a Month Dismissed.

for reimbursement of the rate of
rental when the proclamation of peace
had been issued effectually prevents
the landlord from raising the rent on
the contracting tenant at this time.
the District Rent Commission today
dismissed the complaint of the De-
partment of the Interior against Mrs.
H. l.. Minton. occupant of a govern
ment-owned house. at PA New Jersey
avenue northwest.
The rent fixed in the lease is at the
rate of s. a month. This rate should
continue until the President has for
mally declared the war with Germany
at an end. the commission commended.
through Chief Clerk f. J. Ayers. had
requested that the rent be raised by
a fair margin
Mrs. Minton was the only one of
twenty-five tenants to benefit by the
peace clause. The rents for eighteen
dwellings owned by the government
were raised today by the commission.
cent. Typical increases were: IS a
month to SIS Il month. 81 to SIS; 81 to
$3.50. and S. to $40 a month. Others
were reduced as much as 81 per cent.
The houses are in the vicinity of
New Jersey avenue and 3 street. and
comprise part of a site laid out in
the federal parking project. They
were rented out under the stress of
war conditions at nominal sums.
Other Rent Decisions.
The list of determinations follows:
Premises No. 226 New Jersey ave-
nue. northwest. occupied by Mrs. NJ.
J. Andrews; rent increased from s.
to $40 per month.
Premises No. go New jersey ave-
nue. northwest. occupied by Mrs. f..
Il. Myers; rent increased from s. to
SIS per month.
Premises No. 234 New Jersey ave-
nue. northwest. occupied by Mrs. Effie
NJ. Davis; rent increased from 81 to
$15 per month.
Premises No. 236 New Jersey ave-
nue. northwest. occupied by Mrs. Fife
NJ. Davis: rent increased from IS to
SIS per month.
Premises No. 23S New Jersey avenue
northwest, occupied by Mrs. D. F..
SIS per month.
Premises No. 81 3 street northwest,
occupied by Mrs. Ida Marshall: rent
increased from SIS to $3.50 per month.
Premises No. 22S New Jersey avenue
northwest, occupied by Mrs. y. J.
Ayres; rent increased from 81 to SIS
per month.
Premises No. 23a New Jersey avenue
northwest. occupied by Mrs. A. c. Cut
shall: rent increased from So to $40
per month.
Premises No. 40 c street northwest,
occupied by Mrs D. F.. Boswell: rent
increased from 81 to SIS per month.
I. Premises No. 210 New Jersey ave-
une northwest. occupied by Mrs NJ.
a.. King; rent reduced from $35 to
$25 per month.
Premises No. ~ c street northwest.
occupied by Mrs. Pauline Proctor;
rent increased from 81 to SIS per
month.
Premises No. % B street northwest.
occupied by Miss S L. Keyser: rent
increased from s. to $40 per month.
Premises No. 81 street northwest
occupied by Miss s. L. Keyser; rent in
creased from IS to s35 per month.
Premises No. 212 New Jersey avenue
northwest, occupied by Mrs Bridget
Morrison: rent reduced from $40 ia
SIS per month.
Premises No. 23S Arthur place north.
west. occupied by Howard e. wacker.
man: rent reduced from $25 to SIS per
month.
Premises No. so c street northwes,
occupied by Mrs. E. l.. Lawhorn: rem,
reduced from $50 to $3.50 per month
Premises No. 46 G street northwest
occupied by Earl r. Jordan; rent re-
duced from $40 to $40 per month.
Premises No. 4S G street northwest
oNSoPiSu Ny Mae II. M2Ree. rent
reduced from $40 to $40 per month.
Premises No. 220 New Jersey avenue
northwest. occupied by Mrs. Loretta
Smith; rent increased from 81 to $22.5
per month.
Premises No. 21S New Jersey ave-
nue. northwest. occupied by Mrs. r..
d. Wetmore; rent increased from 81
to $22.50 per month.
Premises No. ZIG New Jersey ave-
nue. northwest. occupied by Mrs. Pin
kerton; rent increased from IS to $50
per month.
Premises No. 224 New Jersey ave-
nue. northwest, occupied by j. NJ. Will
liams. rent increased from IS to $50
per month.
Premises No. 222 New Jersey ave-
nue. northwest, occupied by Mrs. Mary
u. Thornton, rent increased from 81
to SIS per month.
Premises No. 33 B street northwest.
occupied by Mrs. j. NJ Barker; rent
increased from So to SIS Der month.
The commission also handed down a
determination fixing the rent for
premises No. s1s N street, occupied
by Isaac H. Upshaw. at $3.50 per
month, this increase being requested
by the complainant. Charles S. Shreve.
agent for the owner. The present
rental is $3.50 a month.