Word: steinbergh
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addition, tenants charged that landlord Alex Steinbergh, the owner of the properties, lied to the city about property improvements in order to elicit rent increases. In reality, the living conditions of the apartments are "deplorable," protesters said...
...hoping that the council will order the city administration to investigate the practices of Alex Steinbergh in getting rent increases through the rent control system," said Olson Yancey, a member of the steering committee of CTU and a rent control tenant...
According to Yancey, Steinbergh used extensive false documentation at RCB hearings for rent increases and exploited the majority of non-English speaking immigrant tenants in his buildings. Steinbergh counted on the language barrier to prevent tenants from voicing complaints about illegitimate rent hikes, Yancey alleged...
...Steinbergh, who was not present at the protest, said in a telephone interview yesterday that he has not filed for an increase based on capital im- provements since 1989. He added that the recentincreases are due to general adjustments--hikescaused by the rising cost of utilities andtaxes--and are soley dictated...