Postal Service Required to Repay Lessor for Deducting Some Payments to Make Repairs; PSBCA Nos. 6628, JHCH Properties # 2 LLP v. United States Postal Service

Appeal challenging the Postal Service’s deduction of repair costs from its lease payments is granted in part, where the government cannot demonstrate that the work performed was a repair, rather than an improvement, for which the lessor was not responsible; and denied in part, where the work was necessary and pursuant to the lease, and where the appellant could not demonstrate that the government had caused the damage, nor that the government had previously certified that no repairs to the properties were necessary.