Some capital improvements such as roof replacement are unavoidable and will continue to get done. But many building-wide improvements are done purely to make a building a better place to live. Window replacements in my Crown Heights buildings, new plumbing in my Flatbush buildings and elevator modernization in my East Flatbush building are all recent examples of projects taken on to improve my tenants’ quality of life. Without some form of moderate rent increases to recoup those costs, I would not have been able to perform such improvements.