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Housing Provider engaged in an act in retaliation for Tenant's exercise of "any right
retaliation for Tenant's failure to pay rent or her complaints about services and facilities.
Since the action was not directed toward her, it was not retaliation under the Rental Housing Act.
To prevail on a claim for retaliation, Tenant must show that Housing Provider's actions
Tenant's retaliation claim, I conclude that the acts that Tenant characterizes as "harassment"
eviction and therefore retaliation. The letter stated. in pertinent part: "Furthermore, you stated
1985) (―The retaliation statute is applicable only where a landlord takes an action not otherwise permitted by law.‖). V.
petition to allege the complaint as an act of retaliation, and therefore the issue was not
would necessarily be "willful." But, in the strange world of rental housing law, retaliation does
may require a finding of retaliation whenever a certain sequence of events occurs, irrespective of
imposition of fines for retaliation. See Revithes v. D.C. Rental Halls. Comm'JI, 536 A.2d 1007,
. IMDel argues that, "[ijnasmuch as the provisions of the Rental Housing Act relating to retaliation are part of the statutory scheme which is administered by the Rent Administrator, the Rent Administrator’s authorization to [IMDel] to serve the 120 Day...
...Clark makes several arguments in support of the trial court’s decision not to instruct the jury on the defense of retaliation. We are not persuaded by those arguments. First, Mr. Clark asserts that Ms. Bridges failed to object to...
pocket expense to repair refrigerator as not covered by the Act). F. Tenant's Claim of Retaliation
others had for the Property. Hence, Tenant's claim for retaliation under the Act is denied. D. Security Deposit
It might seem that retaliation, a word that in its popular sense seems to require intent,
not have to be willful. The presumption of retaliation imposed by the Act and the regulations
presumption of retaliation were taken with intent to violate the law. I credit Ms. Charles's
To prevail on a claim for retaliation, Tenants must show that Housing Provider's actions
In this case. T ~nant argues that HOllsing ProYid~r retaliated against her for complaining