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Merriweather v. D.C. Building Corp., 494 A.2d 1276 (1985)

Merriweather v. D.C. Building Corp., 494 A.2d 1276 (1985) DC municipal

and, therefore, must yield to the eviction procedures therein prescribed. The court then held that the notice to quit, which failed to state a permissible reason for eviction under D.C.Code § 45-1561 of those regulations, was invalid. Appellee...

Tamamian v. Gabbard, 55 A.2d 513 (1947)

Tamamian v. Gabbard, 55 A.2d 513 (1947) DC municipal

Our conclusion is that the trial court was in error in ruling that regardless of whether or not plaintiff owed rent he could not be evicted without notice.

Grimes v. Newsome, 780 A.2d 1119 (2001)

Grimes v. Newsome, 780 A.2d 1119 (2001) DC municipal

...Appellants also maintain that the notice was inadequate because it failed to “specify what actions need to be taken by the tenant to avoid an eviction,” as required by 14 DCMR § 4301.2 (1991). 3

Harkins v. Win Corp., 771 A.2d 1025 (2001)

Harkins v. Win Corp., 771 A.2d 1025 (2001) DC municipal

No. LT-94-9661 (D.C.Super.Ct. Apr. 1, 1994) (holding roomers, unlike tenants, not entitled to thirty-day notice before self-help eviction). 6

Southern Hills Limited Partnership v. Charles Anderson (2018)

Southern Hills Limited Partnership v. Charles Anderson (2018) DC municipal

2 Not at issue are the circumstances which gave rise to Anderson‟s eviction. In summary, Anderson violated a clause in his lease which prohibited residents from engaging in criminal activity. 3 The security guard stationed at Southern Hills was...

Jones v. Brawner Co., 435 A.2d 54 (1981)

Jones v. Brawner Co., 435 A.2d 54 (1981) DC municipal

However, in that case the regulation took precedence only to the extent that a statement of the reason for eviction must accompany the notice to quit. Explicitly, the provisions of the regulation did not supplant the notice requirements specified in...

Joyner v. Jonathan Woodner Co., 479 A.2d 308 (1984)

Joyner v. Jonathan Woodner Co., 479 A.2d 308 (1984) DC municipal

...Under the Rental Housing Act of 1977, before initiating eviction proceedings, Woodner was required to serve on appellants notices of alleged lease violations and notices to quit the premises. D.C.Code § 45-1699.6(b)(1) (Supp. VII 1980...

Cooley v. Suitland Parkway Overlook Tenants' Ass'n, 460 A.2d 574 (1983)

Cooley v. Suitland Parkway Overlook Tenants' Ass'n, 460 A.2d 574 (1983) DC municipal

to say that, as a rule, a tenant must first be served with a notice to cure and then a separate notice to quit before eviction proceedings may be brought under the provisions of the Rental Housing Act. Whether this...

Grimes v. Newsome, 780 A.2d 1119 (2001)

Grimes v. Newsome, 780 A.2d 1119 (2001) DC municipal

The notice shall provide at least thirty (30) days for correction of the violation and shall specify what actions need to be taken by the tenant to avoid an eviction. 4

BSA 77 P STREET LLC v. Hawkins, 983 A.2d 988 (2009)

BSA 77 P STREET LLC v. Hawkins, 983 A.2d 988 (2009) DC municipal

...The Rental Housing Commission shall prescribe the content of the notice. No tenant may be evicted from a housing accommodation which the housing provider intends to substantially rehabilitate, demolish, or discontinue housing use, or which the housing provider intends to...

Jones v. Brawner Co., 435 A.2d 54 (1981)

Jones v. Brawner Co., 435 A.2d 54 (1981) DC municipal

The eviction protections contained in the Rental Housing Act, Chapter 16, Title 45 of the D.C.Code, supplement those contained in Chapter 9. Therefore, service of a notice *57

Jones v. Brawner Co., 435 A.2d 54 (1981)

Jones v. Brawner Co., 435 A.2d 54 (1981) DC municipal

Furthermore, all notices to quit must contain a statement of the reasons for eviction, a statement of registration with the Rent Administrator, and the registration number of the accommodations. See

BSA 77 P STREET LLC v. Hawkins, 983 A.2d 988 (2009)

BSA 77 P STREET LLC v. Hawkins, 983 A.2d 988 (2009) DC municipal

...The Rental Housing Commission shall prescribe the content of the notice. No tenant may be evicted from a housing accommodation which the housing provider intends to substantially rehabilitate, demolish, or discontinue housing use, or which the housing provider intends to...

Scarborough v. Winn Residential L.L.P., 890 A.2d 249 (2006)

Scarborough v. Winn Residential L.L.P., 890 A.2d 249 (2006) DC municipal

This interim rule clarifies the Department’s intent that evictions of tenants from certain subsidized and HUD-owned projects be effected solely by judicial action. This rule requires the landlord to advise the tenant, in a termination notice, that the...

Southern Hills Limited Partnership v. Charles Anderson, 179 A.3d 297 (2018)

Southern Hills Limited Partnership v. Charles Anderson, 179 A.3d 297 (2018) DC municipal

2 Not at issue are the circumstances which gave rise to Anderson‟s eviction. In summary, Anderson violated a clause in his lease which prohibited residents from engaging in criminal activity. 3 The security guard stationed at Southern Hills was...

Section 11-735

Mendes v. Johnson, 389 A.2d 781 (1978) DC municipal

...The trial court did, however, specifically find that this “was a wrongful eviction” because the tenant had not been given adequate notice to quit.

Section 45-1561

Habib v. Thurston, 517 A.2d 1 (1986) DC municipal

...Both defenses lapsed with the landlord’s voluntary dismissal of that claim before the trial court heard the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment on the landlord’s notice case. Moreover, as previously explained, the tenant’s retaliatory eviction defense...