§ 42-3501

Citation: § 42-3501
Parent Document: Wilson v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 159 A.3d 1211 (2017)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
Effective Date: 2017-05-18
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4392833/wilson-v-district-of-columbia-r... ↗

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D.C. Code § 42-3505.02 (b)(1)–(6). It appears that every case of retaliation that
this court has entertained involves a landlord‘s repossession of property, failure to
repair a fixture, monetary or service-related increase of rent, or the enforcement of
previously unenforced lease provisions in response to a tenant‘s filing of a
complaint, participation in a tenants‘ association, or initiation of a legal suit against
the landlord. See Bridges v. Clark, 59 A.3d 978, 978 (D.C. 2013) (filing a
complaint); Gomez v. Indep. Mgmt. of Delaware, Inc., 967 A.2d 1276, 1289 (D.C.
2009) (membership in a tenants‘ association); Parreco v. District of Columbia
Rental Hous. Comm’n, 885 A.2d 327, 329 (D.C. 2005) (complaining about
conditions); Borger Mgmt., Inc. v. Sindram, 886 A.2d 52, 57 (D.C. 2005) (filing a
complaint alleging housing code violations); Miller v. District of Columbia Rental
Hous. Comm’n, 870 A.2d 556, 560 (D.C. 2005) (Schwelb, J., concurring)
(membership in a tenants‘ association); Majerle Mgmt., Inc. v. District of
Columbia Rental Hous. Comm’n, 768 A.2d 1003, 1009 n.14 (D.C. 2001), rev’d in
part en banc, 777 A.2d 785 (D.C. 2001) (challenge to the rental ceiling and request
for a refund); Youssef v. United Mgmt. Co., 683 A.2d 152, 153 (D.C. 1996)
(membership in a tenants‘ association); Twyman v. Johnson, 655 A.2d 850, 851
(D.C. 1995) (filing complaints regarding the conditions of the housing
accommodation); Espenschied v. Mallick, 633 A.2d 388, 390 (D.C. 1993) (rent
increase in response to the tenant‘s filing complaints and aid to other tenants in
filing complaints); De Szunyogh v. William C. Smith & Co., 604 A.2d 1, 4 (D.C.
1992) (landlord‘s suit for possession in response to tenant‘s ―complaints about the
uninhabitable conditions of her apartment‖); Habib v. Thurston, 517 A.2d 1, 4, 9
(D.C. 1985) (complaints about ―unsafe or unsanitary conditions‖).
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