The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-17

Declaring that proprietors of ho- tels and rooming houses must reg ister their properties with the De- fense Rental Area offices by August 31, Howard Staub, State O. P. A Rent Coordinator announced today that the necessary registration form DH-1B may be obtained at many of the local O. P. A. War Price and Ratloning Offices in the State, and at all of the Defense Rental Area Offices.
 The registration form DH-1B diff fers from the one used to register family dwelling units, and is in- tended only for the registration of hotels, rooming and boarding houses, trailers, tourist homes and similar establishments. It may be obtained by calling in person or by writing to the Defense Rental Area offices located at the following ad- dresses:
 Bridgeport Area Off1ce-7 Har- rison street, Bridgeport;
 Hartford-New Britain Area office -119 Ann street, Hartford;
 New Haven Area Office-216 Crown street, New Haven;
 Now London -Windham County Ahea Off1ce-243 State street, New London;
 Waterbury Area Office-115 Grand street, Waterbury.
 Basic provisions of the maximum rent regulation for hotels and room- ing houses are explained in the fol- released by Staub.
 l. o. How is a rooming house de- fined in this regulation?
 A. The term "rooming house" car- ries its customary meaning. In ad- dition, the regulation says it is a "building or portion of a building other than a hotel in which fur nished room or rooms not constitut- Ing an apartment are rented on a short-term basis of daily, weekly or monthly occupancy to more than two paying tenants not members of the landlords immediate family This would include an apartment or other private residence in which rooms were rented to more than two tenants not members of the land lords immediate family.
 2. o. Does this regulation cover other kinds of living quarters?
 A. Yes. This regulation covers boarding houses, dormitories, auto camps, trailers, residence clubs, tourist homes or cabins, and all es- tablishments of similar nature.
 3. o. How are maximum rents set for rooms in hotels and rooming houses?
 A. Different maximum rents for such rooms may be set according to the length of the term of occupancy daily basis, weekly basis or monthly basis. Maximum rent rates are also based on the number of oc- cupants in any given room, whether one person lives in the room, two persons, or more.
 4. o. What yardstick does the federal government use in fixing maximum rents for rooms in hotels and rooming houses?
 A. The maximum rent date" ," that is, freezing rents as of certain date, Is used for hotels and rooming houses as 1t is for houses, flats and apartments, with variation. h. stead of using single date to set the rent for a room, a 30-day period is used, and maximum rents are de- termined by taking the highest rent for a room on each basis of occu- pancy during this period, and set- ting that rent as the maximum legal rent.
 5. 0. What S0-day period is used? When does 1t start and end?
 A. The period is the 30 days end- ing on the maximum rent date of a defense-rental area. An example of this is: if the maximum rent date for an area is April 1, 1941, then the S0-day period would be from March 8. l941 to April 1, 1941, inclusive.
 6. @. What if the room wasn't oc- eupied during htis 30-day period?
 A. The maximum rent is the rent Cor which the room was regularly offered for rent during this period.
 '. o. But what about rooms which weren't on the rental market during that 30 days? What about room- ang house, or hotel, which has been opened since the maximum rent date?
 A. Tn cases such as these, the 30- day period begins from the date when the rooms were first offered for rent, and the maximum rent again is the highest rent during this period.
 Q. c. What about Q room which