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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 42-3502

Citation
§ 42-3502
Parent Document
Parreco v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 885 A.2d 327 (2005)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2005-12-06

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. For example, the tenant asked, "Okay. Why you believe that my rent should be increased from $879 to $1,050?” The landlord replied that he raised the tenant’s rent to compensate for the added difficulty the tenant cost him to collect rent. The tenant then asked, "[i]f it's not a retaliation of raising my rent, why say that you have to go through collection?” The landlord explained in greater detail that it was his business strategy to keep rents "a little below market rent” in order to maintain a reliable tenant base. Since the tenant here was not reliable, the landlord explained, there was no point to keeping his rent below market. The tenant then sought to have the landlord compare the rent he was charged with that paid by other tenants, e.g.,