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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 266

Citation
§ 266
Parent Document
Drayton v. Poretsky Management, Inc., 462 A.2d 1115 (1983)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1983-05-31

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Where, as in the instant case, tenants assert in their pleadings that a rent increase is invalid, but have not challenged it before the Rent Administrator, the court may in the exercise of its discretion, accord them a reasonable time to file such a challenge. We deem it inappropriate, however, in view of the great number of L & T actions, to hold that the L & T Branch should certify to the Rent Administrator all cases in which a tenant has alleged in court pleadings the invalidity of a rent increase but has not filed a corresponding challenge with the Rent Administrator. The administrative burden of' such referral procedures would obviously be excessive. Instead, we must leave it to individual litigants to bring before the Rent Administrator any challenges to rent increases.