The public policy considerations are adequately stated in Section 2101 of the District of Columbia Housing Regulations, entitled “Purpose of Regulations.” To uphold the validity of this lease agreement, in light of the defects known to be existing on the leasehold prior to the agreement (i. e., obstructed commode, broken railing, and insufficient ceiling height in the basement), would be to flout the evident purposes for which Sections 2304 and 2501 were enacted. The more reasonable view is, therefore, that where such conditions exist on a leasehold prior to an agreement to lease, the letting of such premises constitutes a violation of Sections 2304 and 2501 of the Housing Regulations, and that these Sections do indeed “imply a prohibition” sc as “to render the prohibited act void/ Neither does there exist any reason to trea' a lease agreement differently from any other contract in this regard. 6 Thus, for this reason and those statec above, we reverse. Reversed. 1