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D.C. Code § 42-3651.06

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D.C. Code § 42-3651.06
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(d) The receiver shall not make capital improvements to the property except those necessary to abate housing code violations.

(e) The receiver shall not enter into contracts which affect the ownership of the property.

(f) The receiver shall be personally liable only for his or her acts of gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing in carrying out the receivership.

(g) A receiver shall be entitled to a reasonable fee established by the Court and payable from the revenues of the rental housing accommodation.

(h) The receiver may apply for grants and subsidies for the relief of distressed properties to the same extent as the owner of the rental housing accommodation.

(i) The owner, agent, manager, or lessor shall be enjoined from collecting rents and payments for use and occupancy for the duration of the receivership.

(j)(1) In a case in which the court has appointed a receiver in response to a petition made pursuant to § 42-3651.03, if the court finds, after notice and hearing, that the owner of the rental property currently lacks sufficient funds to pay for rehabilitation of the rental housing accommodation and that such funds cannot be feasibly and timely obtained through grants or subsidies:

(A) The court may issue an order authorizing the Attorney General to supply funding to the receiver, for initial and emergency repairs, from any funds available in the Tenant Receivership Abatement Fund, established by § 1-301.86e; or

(B) The Court may extend the receivership in place under this chapter based on a showing of demonstrated need and authorize the receiver to do either of the following:

(i) Sell the property for a fair-market price to an owner capable of maintaining the property; or