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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 45-2552

Citation
Section 45-2552
Parent Document
Twyman v. Johnson, 655 A.2d 850 (1995)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1995-03-13

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. Codification of the prohibition on retaliatory actions originated in the Reorganization Act, enabling the D.C. Council to pass a rent stabilization program. Pub.L. No. 93-157, § 5, 87 Stat. 626 (1973) (codified at D.C.Code § 45-1624 (Supp.1974)). Upon this authority, the Council passed the Rental Accommodations Act of 1975, which contained an anti-retaliation provision. D.C.Law 1-33, § 214, 22 D.C.Reg. 2529 (codified at D.C.Code § 45-1654 (Supp. III 1976)). In 1977, the Council passed the Rental Housing Act, D.C.Law 2-54, § 502, 24 D.C.Reg. 5393 (codified at D.C.Code § 45-1699.7 (Supp.1979)), which was reenacted in 1980, D.C.Law 3-131, § 502, 28 D.C.Reg. 361 (codified at D.C.Code § 45-1562 (1981)), and again in 1985, D.C.Law 6-10, § 502, 32 D.C.Reg. 3089 (codified at D.C.Code § 45-2552 (1990)). 10