i just moved into a new apartment that was formerly rent stabilized (as reported to DCHR) and was never re rented and stayed off the market for 18 years!!! (i dont know why) and then got put back on the market and im the first renter after the 18 years, how is the initial rent suppose to be determined to that new tenant? Feel like the landlord decided on an amount to charge and thats what i paid, the current rent is over the legal amount to destabilize the apt but im not sure it was initially determined accurately and legally, I was never told the apt was formerly rent stabilized or anything, found out through DCHR records --just dont know if the rent was legally calculated. How would rent be calculated for an apt thats been off the market for so long? (just based off of years off the market,not counting any improvements)
for calculating purposes if you want to help in your comment lets say the last reported rent 18 years ago was $350.
please help cant find any info on this long of a lag from tenant to tenant