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D.C. Code § 42-3505.01

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D.C. Code § 42-3505.01
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(s) In any matter adjudicating a claim brought by a housing provider to recover possession of a rental unit for nonpayment of rent in which the tenant alleges, at or before an initial hearing, that the housing provider is withholding payment information requested by an ERAP provider, the court may order the housing provider to comply with any pending requests for the payment information from an ERAP provider.

(t)(1) In any matter adjudicating a claim brought by a housing provider to recover possession of a rental unit for nonpayment of rent in which the court finds, at trial or upon the resolution of a dispositive motion resolving the entire matter, that the housing provider failed to provide payment information requested by an ERAP provider for more than 45 days after receiving a request for the payment information from an ERAP provider, the court may order that the amount of rent that would have been redeemed by a successful ERAP application be deemed waived and shall not be recoverable by the housing provider.

(2) The court shall not waive rent under paragraph (1) of this subsection if the housing provider shows that:

(A) Compliance with a request for payment information necessary to perfect an ERAP application was delayed by a third party not under the control of the housing provider;

(B) Good cause otherwise exists for the housing provider's non-compliance; or

(C) The housing provider has, since the date of the relevant request for payment information, received payment from ERAP on behalf of the tenant.

(3) A waiver of rent under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall apply to any future proceeding in which the housing provider seeks from the tenant: