City Rent Board To Mail Notices Of Rent Increase

City tenants will receive notification of a general rate increase by the end of the month, officials at the Cambridge Rent Control Board said yesterday.

Mailing of the notices had been delayed by inaccuracies reported to the rent board by city, landlords, who were notified of the increase earlier this year.

Officials said that several landlords complained that the dollar amount of the increase for their building was incorrect and that the landlords' claims are being investigated before the tenants' notices are mailed.

The increase, approved by the rent board more than one year ago to compensate landlords for increased heating costs, ranges from decreases of 8 percent of the additions of 47 percent, depending on the specific building. Officials said the average addition will be between 6 and 8 percent.

The last general increase was passed on to city tenants in January 1981, for tax costs. Landlords have not received general compensation for energy costs since August 1979.