Yes, you can still claim it as a rental while it was undergoing repairs, if your intent was for the property to remain a rental. You would claim the repairs the same way you claim other expenses for a rental, as repairs and maintenance. Since the repairs took more than a year, it raises the question of whether some, or all of the expenditures for "repairs" are improvements, or repair and maintenance expenses. If improvements, they need to be capitalized and depreciated.
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