Publications
Majerle v. DC Rental Housing Commission
866 A.2nd 41 (2004)
Under unique circumstances of this case, tenant was entitled to challenge rental overcharge even though claim was filed outside of the three-year limitations period.
Cormier v. McRae
609 A.2nd 676 (1992)
The 1980 and 1985 Rental Housing Acts merged into one required notice – the “notice to cure or vacate”- which landlord was required to give tenant before filing suit for possession based on tenant’s failure to correct violation of tenancy.
Borger Management, Inc. v. Nelson-Lee
959 A.2nd 694 (2008)
Neither the Rental Housing Act nor accompanying regulations provide for a waiver of the tenant’s opportunity to correct a new violation once the tenant has sufficiently cured a previous violation.
Dorchester House Associates Limited Partnership v. DC Rental Housing Commission
938 A.2nd 696(2008)
Kitching v. DC Rental Housing Commission
588 A.2nd 263 (1991)
Sawyer v. DC Rental Housing Commission
877 A.2nd 96 (2005)
Under the rent control laws, the principal protection for tenants are the imposition of a rent ceiling and the prohibition against upward adjustment of that ceiling except on specifically enumerated grounds.
Winchester Van Buren Tenants Association v. DC Rental Housing Commission
550 A.2nd 51 (1988)