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multifamily housing accommodation has a consistently enforced, written policy against canvassing, a tenant shall accompany a tenant organizer who is not a tenant while the tenant organizer is on the property of the multifamily housing accommodation. The tenant organizer
Immediately upon completion of the proposed alterations or renovations, the tenant shall have the absolute right to reoccupy the rental unit. A tenant displaced by actions under this subsection shall continue to be a tenant of the rental unit
Before requesting any information or fees from a prospective tenant as a part of tenant screening, a housing provider shall first notify the prospective tenant in writing, or by posting in a manner accessible to a prospective tenant
Victims of an intrafamily offense protection — Change locks and notice. (a) Upon the written request of a tenant who is the victim of an intrafamily offense, as defined in § 16-1001(8), a housing provider shall change the locks
Storage and disposal of tenants' personal property upon eviction. (a) A housing provider shall not remove an evicted tenant's personal property from a rental unit except as provided in this section. (b)(1) In addition to any notification from
housing provider shall take any retaliatory action against any tenant who exercises any right conferred upon the tenant by this chapter, by any rule or order issued pursuant to this chapter, or by any other provision of law. Retaliatory action
Notice of lease termination by tenant who is a victim of an intrafamily offense. (a) For purposes of this section, the term “qualified third party” means any of the following persons acting in their official capacity: (1) A law enforcement
required by federal law; or (C) Any credit issues that arose during a period in which the prospective tenant did not have an income-based housing subsidy if the housing provider could reasonably have known the date of receipt
Superior Court shall seal court records relating to an eviction proceeding at any time, upon a motion by a tenant, if: (A) The tenant demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that: (i) The housing provider brought the eviction proceeding
Prohibition of discrimination against elderly tenants or families with children. (a) It is unlawful for a housing provider to discriminate against families receiving or eligible to receive Tenant Assistance Program assistance, elderly tenants, or families with children when renting housing
Prohibition on separately billing a housing accommodation's utility charges to tenants. (a) Beginning on January 1, 2027, a housing provider, or any third party contracted by the housing provider, shall not separately charge tenants, other than through monthly rent
service shall provide a voluntary, nonadversarial forum for the resolution of disputes arising between housing providers and tenants in the District. (c) The staff of the service shall be designated by the Rent Administrator and shall be persons familiar with
appointment of a receiver under this chapter shall be to safeguard the health, safety, and security of the tenants of a rental housing accommodation if there exists a violation of District of Columbia or federal law which seriously threatens
consecutive days and such neglect poses a serious threat to the health, safety, or security of the tenants. (c) For purposes of this section, the term: (1) "Pattern of neglect" includes evidence that the owner, agent, lessor, or manager
mutual consent, the housing provider and tenant may submit for arbitration any dispute not satisfactorily resolved under § 42-3505.03. (b) A request for arbitration shall be in writing. (c) The Rent Administrator shall designate 3 members of the Division
Give notice of the receivership, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, to the rental housing accommodation’s tenants and employees, all public utility providers whom the owner was responsible for paying before the appointment of the receiver
intends that there be, accommodations for not more than: (1) Four families, and only with respect to a prospective tenant, not related to the owner-occupant, with whom the owner-occupant anticipates the necessity of sharing a kitchen or bathroom
accommodations in a state of disrepair that constitutes a serious threat to the health, safety, or security of the tenants or to the public. Such subpoenas shall be for: (A) The production of documents and materials; (B) The inspection
practice in the affected rental housing accommodation poses an immediate danger to the health, safety, or security of the tenants, it may, ex parte, issue an order of not more than 14 days duration appointing a receiver and direct that
petition on grounds that all conditions that constituted a serious threat to the health, safety, or security of the tenants have been abated; or (B) Finds the respondent has not made sufficient progress to complete the plan, in which event