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<h1>Chapter 35. Rental Housing Generally.</h1>
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<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/I/">Subchapter I. Findings; Purposes; Definitions.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3501.01 - 42-3501.03</p>
<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/II/">Subchapter II. Rent Stabilization Program.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3502.01 - 42-3502.24</p>
<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/III/">Subchapter III. Tenant Assistance Program.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3503.01 - 42-3503.08</p>
<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/IV/">Subchapter IV. Revenue.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3504.01 - 42-3504.01</p>
<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/V/">Subchapter V. Evictions; Retaliatory Action; and Other Matters.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3505.01 - 42-3505.08</p>
<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/V-A/">Subchapter V-A. Payment of Rent Beyond 5 Days After Due Date.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3505.31 - 42-3505.31</p>
<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/V-B/">Subchapter V-B. Other Housing Provider Actions During Tenancies.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3505.31 - 42-3505.35</p>
<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/VI/">Subchapter VI. Conversion or Demolition of Rental Housing for Hotels, Motels, or Inns.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3506.01 - 42-3506.02</p>
<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/VII/">Subchapter VII. Relocation Assistance for Tenants Displaced by Substantial Rehabilitation, Demolition, or Housing Discontinuance.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3507.01 - 42-3507.05</p>
<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/VIII/">Subchapter VIII. New and Vacant Rental Housing and Distressed Property.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3508.01 - 42-3508.06</p>
<a href="/dc/council/code/titles/42/chapters/35/subchapters/IX/">Subchapter IX. Miscellaneous Provisions.</a>
<p>§§ 42-3509.01 - 42-3509.08</p>
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<h1>Subchapter I. Findings; Purposes; Definitions.</h1>
<h2>§ 42–3501.01. Findings.</h2>
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<p>The Council of the District of Columbia finds that:</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(1)">(1)</span> There is a severe shortage of rental housing available to citizens of the District of Columbia (“District”).</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(2)">(2)</span> The shortage of housing is growing due to the withdrawal of housing units from the housing market, deterioration of existing housing units, and the lack of development of new or rehabilitation of vacant housing units.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(3)">(3)</span> The shortage of housing is felt most acutely among low- and moderate-income renters, who are finding a shrinking pool of available dwellings.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(4)">(4)</span> The cost of basic accommodation is so high as to cause undue hardship for many citizens of the District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(5)">(5)</span> Many low- and moderate-income tenants need assistance to cover basic shelter costs, but the assistance should maximize individual choice.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(6)">(6)</span> The Rent Stabilization Program (“Program”) has a more substantial impact upon small housing providers than on large housing providers, and small housing providers find it more difficult to use the administrative machinery of the Program.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(7)">(7)</span> Many small housing providers are experiencing financial difficulties and are in need of some special mechanisms to assist them and their tenants.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(8)">(8)</span> The present Rent Stabilization Program should not be continued indefinitely and new approaches must be investigated to prevent the withdrawal of rental housing units from the market and the deterioration of existing rental housing units, and to increase the rental housing supply.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(9)">(9)</span> The housing crisis in the District has not substantially improved since the passage of the Rental Housing Act of 1980.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(10)">(10)</span> The Rent Stabilization Program should be extended for 6 years.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(11)">(11)</span> This extension of the Rent Stabilization Program is required to preserve the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare.</p>
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(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§101">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 101, 32 DCR 3089</a>.)
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<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2501.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3401.03.html">42-3401.03</a> and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/47-1303.04.html">47-1303.04</a>.</p>
<h4>Cross References</h4>
<p>Real property tax assignment, applicable tenant protection provisions, see § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/47-1303.04.html">47-1303.04</a>.</p>
<p>Rental housing conversion and sale, see § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3401.01.html">42-3401.01</a> et seq.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>Section 907 of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html">D.C. Law 6-10</a>, as amended by § 2(d) of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/8-48.html">D.C. Law 8-48</a>, § 818 of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/11-52.html">D.C. Law 11-52</a>, § 1202(b) of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/13-172.html">D.C. Law 13-172</a>, and § 2 of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-10.html">D.C. Law 16-10</a>, codified as § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3509.07.html">42-3509.07</a>, provided that all subchapters of this chapter, except III and V, shall terminate on December 31, 2010.</p>
<h4>Mayor's Orders</h4>
<p>See Mayor’s Order 86-27, February 6, 1986, as amended by Mayor’s Order 86-166, September 19, 1986.</p>
<h4>Delegation of Authority</h4>
<p>Delegation of authority pursuant to <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html">D.C. Law 6-10</a>, see Mayor’s Order 85-167, October 2, 1985.</p>
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<h2>§ 42–3501.02. Purposes.</h2>
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<p>In enacting this chapter, the Council of the District of Columbia supports the following statutory purposes:</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(1)">(1)</span> To protect low- and moderate-income tenants from the erosion of their income from increased housing costs;</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(2)">(2)</span> To provide incentives for the construction of new rental units and the rehabilitation of vacant rental units in the District;</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(3)">(3)</span> To continue to improve the administrative machinery for the resolution of disputes and controversies between housing providers and tenants;</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(4)">(4)</span> To protect the existing supply of rental housing from conversion to other uses; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(5)">(5)</span> To prevent the erosion of moderately priced rental housing while providing housing providers and developers with a reasonable rate of return on their investments.</p>
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<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§102">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 102, 32 DCR 3089</a>.)
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<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2502.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3501.01.html">42-3501.01</a>.</p>
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<h2>§ 42–3501.03. Definitions.</h2>
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<p>For the purposes of this chapter, the term:</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(1)">(1)</span> “Annual fair market rental amount” means the annualized sum of the rents collected for all rental units in the housing accommodation during the base calculation year, plus an amount equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for all items, in the Washington, D.C. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, during each calendar year; provided, however, that if no rents were collected in the base calculation year because the housing accommodation was then under construction, the annual fair market rental amount shall be a sum equal to the rents which would have been collected during the base calculation year had the housing accommodation been 100% occupied during the entire base calculation year, the sum to be determined by appraisal, as increased by the Consumer Price Index increase under this paragraph.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(2)">(2)</span> “Apartment improvement program” means the program which is administered with grant funds from title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq.), by the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development, developed by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation under the national Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. § 8101 et seq.), and operated under the supervision of the public-private Partnership Committee, which program has been established for the purpose of finding solutions to the economic and physical distress of moderate income rental apartment buildings by joining the tenants, housing provider, noteholder, and the District government in a collective effort.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(3)">(3)</span> “Base calculation year” means the calendar year immediately preceding the first calendar year in which a given housing accommodation is made subject to §§ <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>(f) through <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.19.html">42-3502.19</a>, or any future District law limiting the amount of rent which can lawfully be demanded or received from a tenant.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(4)">(4)</span> “Base rent” means that rent legally charged or chargeable on April 30, 1985, for the rental unit which shall be the sum of rent charged on September 1, 1983, and all rent increases authorized for that rental unit by prior rent control laws or any administrative decision issued under those laws, and any rent increases authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(5)">(5)</span> “Building improvement plan” means the agreement executed between the parties of interest, including the tenants, housing provider, and the District government, at a property being treated under the apartment improvement program, which agreement sets forth the remedies to the property’s distress, including, but not limited to:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(5)(A)">(A)</span> A schedule of repairs and capital improvements which, at a minimum, will bring the property into substantial compliance with the housing regulations;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(5)(B)">(B)</span> A schedule of services and facilities; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(5)(C)">(C)</span> A schedule of rents charged and rent increases; and which agreement is monitored by the District government until it expires upon completion of all physical improvements and other scheduled activities included therein.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(6)">(6)</span> “Capital improvement” means an improvement or renovation other than ordinary repair, replacement, or maintenance if the improvement or renovation is deemed depreciable under the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.).</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(7)">(7)</span> “Cooperative housing association” means an association incorporated for the purpose of owning and operating residential real property in the District, the shareholders or members of which, by reason of their ownership of stock or membership certificate, a proprietary lease, or evidence of membership, are entitled to occupy a dwelling unit under the terms of a proprietary lease or occupancy agreement.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(8)">(8)</span> “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(8A)">(8A)</span> “Division” means the Rental Accommodations Division established by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.03.html">42-3502.03</a> or the Rental Conversion and Sale Division established by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.04a.html">42-3502.04a</a>.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(9)">(9)</span> “Distressed property” means a housing accommodation that:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(9)(A)">(A)</span> Is experiencing, and has experienced for at least 2 years, a negative cash flow;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(9)(B)">(B)</span> Has been cited by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs as being in substantial noncompliance with the housing regulations;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(9)(C)">(C)</span> Has been subject to deferred maintenance as a result of negative cash flow; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(9)(D)">(D)</span> Has been in arrears on either permanent mortgage loan-payments, property tax payments, fuel and utility payments, or water or sewer fee payments.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(10)">(10)</span> Repealed.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(11)">(11)</span> “Dormitory” means any structure or building owned by an institution of higher education or private boarding school, in which at least 95% of the units are occupied by presently matriculated students of the institution of higher education or private boarding school.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(12)">(12)</span> "Elderly tenant" means a tenant who is 62 years of age or older.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(13)">(13)</span> “Equity” means the portion of the assessed value of a housing accommodation that exceeds the total value of all encumbrances on the housing accommodation.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(14)">(14)</span> “Housing accommodation” means any structure or building in the District containing 1 or more rental units and the land appurtenant thereto. The term “housing accommodation” does not include any hotel or inn with a valid certificate of occupancy or any structure, including any room in the structure, used primarily for transient occupancy and in which at least 60% of the rooms devoted to living quarters for tenants or guests were used for transient occupancy as of May 20, 1980. For the purposes of this chapter, a rental unit shall be deemed to be used for transient occupancy only if the landlord of the rental unit is subject to and pays the sales tax imposed by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/47-2001.html">47-2001</a>(n)(1)(C).</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(15)">(15)</span> “Housing provider” means a landlord, an owner, lessor, sublessor, assignee, or their agent, or any other person receiving or entitled to receive rents or benefits for the use or occupancy of any rental unit within a housing accommodation within the District.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(16)">(16)</span> “Housing regulations” means the most recent edition of the Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia as established by Commissioner’s Order No. 55-1503, effective August 11, 1955.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(17)">(17)</span> “Initial leasing period” means that period for which the first tenant of a rental unit rents the rental unit. For units described in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.19.html">42-3502.19</a>, the first tenant is the tenant who rents the rental unit immediately after the date it is first offered for rent as a rental unit which is not otherwise exempt from this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(18)">(18)</span> “Interest payments” means the amount of interest paid during a reporting period on a mortgage or deed of trust on a housing accommodation.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(19)">(19)</span> “Management fee” means the amount paid to a managing agent and any pro rata salaries of off-site administrative personnel paid by the housing provider, if the duties of the personnel are connected with the operation of the housing accommodation.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(20)">(20)</span> “Maximum possible rental income” means the sum of the rents for all rental units in the housing accommodation, whether occupied or not, computed over a base period of the 12 consecutive months within the 15 months preceding the date of any filing required or permitted under this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(21)">(21)</span> “Mayor” means the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(22)">(22)</span> “Operating expenses” means the expenses required for the operation of a housing accommodation for the 12 consecutive months within the 15 months preceding the date of its use in any computation required by any provision of this chapter, including, but not limited to, expenses for salaries of on-site personnel, supplies, painting, maintenance and repairs, utilities, professional fees, on-site offices, and insurance.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(23)">(23)</span> “Other income which is derived from the housing accommodation” means any income, other than rents, which a housing provider earns because of his or her interest in a housing accommodation, including, but not limited to, fees, commissions, income from vending machines, income from laundry facilities, and income from parking and recreational facilities.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(24)">(24)</span> “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint venture, business entity, or an organized group of individuals, and their respective successors and assignees.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(25)">(25)</span> “Property taxes” means the amount levied by the District government for real property tax on a housing accommodation during a tax year.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(25A)">(25A)</span> "Qualifying income" means household income, as defined by <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/47-1806.06.html#(b)(2)">§ 47-1806.06(b)(2)</a>, that is no greater than 60% of the area median income, as defined by <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-2801.html#(1)">§ 42-2801(1)</a>.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(26)">(26)</span> “Related facility” means any facility, furnishing, or equipment made available to a tenant by a housing provider, the use of which is authorized by the payment of the rent charged for a rental unit, including any use of a kitchen, bath, laundry facility, parking facility, or the common use of any common room, yard, or other common area.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(27)">(27)</span> “Related services” means services provided by a housing provider, required by law or by the terms of a rental agreement, to a tenant in connection with the use and occupancy of a rental unit, including repairs, decorating and maintenance, the provision of light, heat, hot and cold water, air conditioning, telephone answering or elevator services, janitorial services, or the removal of trash and refuse.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(28)">(28)</span> “Rent” means the entire amount of money, money’s worth, benefit, bonus, or gratuity demanded, received, or charged by a housing provider as a condition of occupancy or use of a rental unit, its related services, and its related facilities.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(29)">(29)</span> “Rent ceiling” means that amount defined in or computed under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(29A)">(29A)</span> "Rent charged" means the amount of monthly rent charged to a tenant by a housing provider for a rental unit covered by the Rent Stabilization Program.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(29B)">(29B)</span> "Rent surcharge" means a charge added to the rent charged for a rental unit pursuant to a capital improvement petition, hardship petition, or a substantial rehabilitation, and not included as part of the rent charged.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(30)">(30)</span> “Rental Accommodations Act of 1975” means the Rental Accommodations Act of 1975, effective November 1, 1975 (D.C. Law 1-33).</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(31)">(31)</span> “Rental Housing Act of 1977” means the Rental Housing Act of 1977, effective March 16, 1978 (<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/2-54.html">D.C. Law 2-54</a>).</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(32)">(32)</span> “Rental Housing Act of 1980” means the Rental Housing Act of 1980, effective March 4, 1981 (<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/3-131.html">D.C. Law 3-131</a>; Chapter 40 of this title).</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(33)">(33)</span> “Rental unit” means any part of a housing accommodation as defined in paragraph (14) of this section which is rented or offered for rent for residential occupancy and includes any apartment, efficiency apartment, room, single-family house and the land appurtenant thereto, suite of rooms, or duplex.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(33A)">(33A)</span> “Single-room-occupancy housing” means a rental housing accommodation comprised of rental units, each of which is intended for occupancy and is occupied by a single adult either living alone or living with not more than 1 child of age 6 years or younger, and that may, but is not required to, contain sanitary and food-preparation facilities.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(34)">(34)</span> “Substantial rehabilitation” means any improvement to or renovation of a housing accommodation for which:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(34)(A)">(A)</span> The building permit was granted after January 31, 1973; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(34)(B)">(B)</span> The total expenditure for the improvement or renovation equals or exceeds 50% of the assessed value of the housing accommodation before the rehabilitation.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(35)">(35)</span> “Substantial violation” means the presence of any housing condition, the existence of which violates the housing regulations, or any other statute or regulation relative to the condition of residential premises and may endanger or materially impair the health and safety of any tenant or person occupying the property.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(36)">(36)</span> “Tenant” includes a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee, or other person entitled to the possession, occupancy, or the benefits of any rental unit owned by another person.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(36A)">(36A)</span> "Tenant with a disability" means a tenant who has a disability as defined in section 3(1)(A) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, approved July 26, 1990 (104 Stat. 329; 42 U.S.C. § 12102(1)(A)).</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(37)">(37)</span> “Uncollected rent” means the amount of rent and other charges due for at least 30 days but not received from tenants at the time any statement, form, or petition is filed under this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(38)">(38)</span> “Vacancy loss” means the amount of rent not collectable due to vacant units in a housing accommodation. No amount shall be included in vacancy loss for units occupied by a housing provider or his or her employees or otherwise not offered for rent.</p>
</section>
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<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§103">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 103, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/10-155.html">Aug. 25, 1994, D.C. Law 10-155, § 2(a), 41 DCR 4873</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-20.html">Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 2003(a), 54 DCR 7052</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-353.html">Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, § 184(a), 56 DCR 1117</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/19-171.html">Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-171, § 103, 59 DCR 6190</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-239.html#§3(a)">April 7, 2017, D.C. Law 21-239, § 3(a), 64 DCR 1588</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2503.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/6-751.11.html">6-751.11</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-903.html">42-903</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-2851.02.html">42-2851.02</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3171.01.html">42-3171.01</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3173.01.html">42-3173.01</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.09.html">42-3502.09</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.21.html">42-3502.21</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3508.04.html">42-3508.04</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/47-830.html">47-830</a>, and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/47-865.html">47-865</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-20.html">D.C. Law 17-20</a> rewrote par. (10), which had read as follows: “(10) ‘Division’ means the Rental Accommodations and Conversion Division as continued by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.”</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-353.html">D.C. Law 17-353</a> validated a previously made technical correction in par. (5)(C).</p>
<p>The 2012 amendment by <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/19-171.html">D.C. Law 19-171</a> added (8A); and repealed (10), which formerly read: “‘Division’ means the Rental Accommodations Division established by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.03.html">42-3502.03</a> or the Rental Conversion and Sale Division established by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.04a.html">42-3502.04a</a>.”</p>
<h4>Cross References</h4>
<p>Improvement program for distressed property, see § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3508.04.html">42-3508.04</a>.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3501.01.html">42-3501.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2003(a), of Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-74, July 25, 2007, 54 DCR 7549).</p>
<h4>Short Title</h4>
<p>Short title: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3501.01.html">42-3501.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Editor's Notes</h4>
<p>“<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/3-131.html">D.C. Law 3-131</a>; Chapter 40 of this title”, referred to in (32), expired, except for subchapter V, April 30, 1985; subchapter V was repealed by § 905 of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html">D.C. Law 6-10</a>, effective July 17, 1985.</p>
</section>
</section>
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<h1>Subchapter II. Rent Stabilization Program.</h1>
<h2>§ 42–3502.01. Continuation of Rental Housing Commission; composition; appointment; qualifications; compensation; removal.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)">(1)</span> The Rental Housing Commission established by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-4012.html">42-4012</a> [expired] is continued and shall be composed of 3 members appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council. The terms of members of the Rental Housing Commission appointed under the Rental Housing Act of 1980 shall expire upon the confirmation of at least 2 new members appointed pursuant to this section but no later than 90 days after July 17, 1985, and the Mayor shall appoint the new members within 30 days of July 17, 1985. The Mayor shall designate 1 member of the Rental Housing Commission as the chairperson and administrative head. The date of swearing in for a majority of the members of the Rental Housing Commission appointed pursuant to this section shall become the anniversary date for all subsequent appointments.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(2)">(2)</span> The first members appointed after July 1, 2010, shall serve the following terms:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(2)(A)">(A)</span> One member’s term shall expire July 18, 2012.</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(2)(B)">(B)</span> One member’s term shall expire July 18, 2013.</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(2)(C)">(C)</span> One member’s term shall expire July 18, 2014.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)">(3)</span> Upon the expiration of members’ terms pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, Commissioners shall serve 3-year terms.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> The Rental Housing Commission shall be composed of 3 persons admitted to practice before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. All members of the Rental Housing Commission shall be residents of the District. No member shall be either a housing provider or a tenant.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b-1)">(b-1)</span> A member of the Rental Housing Commission shall possess skills and experience relevant to the following:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b-1)(1)">(1)</span> Litigation, preferably including both appellate practice demonstrated by written work product and exposure to the concerns of pro se litigants;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b-1)(2)">(2)</span> Administrative law, preferably in an area of complex regulation; or</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b-1)(3)">(3)</span> Housing law, preferably in the area of rental housing and rent control or rent stabilization.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> The Chairperson of the Rental Housing Commission shall receive annual compensation equivalent to that received by a District employee compensated at a grade 16 of the District schedule established under subchapter XI of Chapter 6 of Title 1 (“District schedule”). The other members of the Rental Housing Commission shall receive annual compensation equivalent to that received by a District employee at a grade 15 pursuant to the District schedule.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span> Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Rental Housing Commission shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy is being filled.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(e)">(e)</span> The Mayor shall remove any member of the Rental Housing Commission for good cause.</p>
</section>
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<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§201">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 201, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/7-30.html">Oct. 2, 1987, D.C. Law 7-30, § 2(a), 34 DCR 5304</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/7-31.html">Oct. 7, 1987, D.C. Law 7-31, § 4, 34 DCR 3789</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/12-248.html">Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-248, § 2, 46 DCR 1113</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/18-327.html">Mar. 12, 2011, D.C. Law 18-327, § 2(a), 58 DCR 14</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2511.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3404.33.html">42-3404.33</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/18-327.html">D.C. Law 18-327</a> rewrote subsec. (a); and added subsec. (b-1). Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “(a) The Rental Housing Commission established by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-4012.html">42-4012</a> is continued and shall be composed of 3 members appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council. The members’ terms shall not exceed 3 years. Members may be appointed for successive terms. The terms of members of the Rental Housing Commission appointed under the Rental Housing Act of 1980 shall expire upon the confirmation of at least 2 new members appointed pursuant to this section but no later than 90 days after July 17, 1985, and the Mayor shall appoint the new members within 30 days of July 17, 1985. The Mayor shall designate 1 member of the Rental Housing Commission as the chairperson and administrative head. The date of swearing in for a majority of the members of the Rental Housing Commission appointed pursuant to this section shall become the anniversary date for all subsequent appointments.”</p>
<h4>Cross References</h4>
<p>Mayoral nomination of Rental Housing Commission, review and approval of Council, see § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/1-523.01.html">1-523.01</a>.</p>
<p>Merit system classification policy and grade levels, see § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/1-611.01.html">1-611.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>Section 907 of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html">D.C. Law 6-10</a>, as amended by § 2(d) of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/8-48.html">D.C. Law 8-48</a> and § 818 of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/11-52.html">D.C. Law 11-52</a>, provided that all subchapters of the act, except III and V shall terminate on December 31, 2000.</p>
<h4>References in Text</h4>
<p>Section 42-4012, referred to in the first sentence of subsection (a), expired pursuant to § 907 of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/3-131.html">D.C. Law 3-131</a> on April 30, 1985. See Chapter 40 of this title.</p>
<h4>Editor's Notes</h4>
<p>For temporary amendment to the termination provision of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html">D.C. Law 6-10</a>, see § 818 of the Omnibus Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 1995 (D.C. Act 11-124, July 27, 1995, 42 DCR 4160).</p>
</section>
</section>
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<h2>§ 42–3502.02. Powers and duties of Rental Housing Commission.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> The Rental Housing Commission shall:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)">(1)</span> Issue, amend, and rescind rules and procedures for the administration of this chapter except rules and procedures subject to § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/2-1831.05.html">2-1831.05</a>(a)(7);</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(2)">(2)</span> Decide appeals brought to it from decisions of the Rent Administrator, including appeals under the Rental Accommodations Act of 1975, the Rental Housing Act of 1977, and the Rental Housing Act of 1980; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)">(3)</span> Certify and publish before March 1 of each year:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)(A)">(A)</span> The annual adjustment of general applicability of the rent charged for a rental unit under <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">§ 42-3502.06</a>;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)(B)">(B)</span> The most recent annual cost-of-living adjustment of benefits for social security recipients established pursuant to section 415(i) of the Social Security Act, approved August 28, 1950 (64 Stat. 506; 42 U.S.C. § 415(i));</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)(C)">(C)</span> The maximum annual rent adjustment that may be imposed on a unit occupied by an elderly tenant or tenant with a disability pursuant to <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.24.html#(a)">§ 42-3502.24(a)</a>; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)(D)">(D)</span> The qualifying income for an elderly tenant or tenant with a disability to be exempt from an adjustment in the rent charged pursuant to §§ <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.10.html">42-3502.10</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.11.html">42-3502.11</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.12.html">42-3502.12</a>, and <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.14.html">42-3502.14</a> and whose rent charged may not be increased under <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.15.html">§ 42-3502.15</a></p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)">(1)</span> The Rental Housing Commission may hold hearings, sit and act at times and places within the District, administer oaths, and require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents as the Rental Housing Commission may consider advisable in carrying out its functions under this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(2)">(2)</span> A majority of the Rental Housing Commissioners shall constitute a quorum to do business, and any vacancy shall not impair the right of the remaining Rental Housing Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Rental Housing Commission.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(3)">(3)</span> In the case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection by any person who resides in, is found in, or transacts business within the District, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, at the written request of the Rental Housing Commission, shall issue an order requiring the contumacious person to appear before the Rental Housing Commission, to produce evidence if so ordered, or to give testimony touching upon the matter under inquiry. Any failure of the person to obey any order of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may be punished by that Court for contempt.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> Upon the written request of the chairperson of the Rental Housing Commission, each department or entity of the District government may furnish directly to the Rental Housing Commission any assistance and information necessary for the Rental Housing Commission to carry out effectively this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span> The Department of Housing and Community Development shall employ the staff necessary to assist the Rental Housing Commission in carrying out its functions. Of the staff employed, 3 shall be law clerks who shall assist each member of the Rental Housing Commission in the preparation of decisions and orders.</p>
</section>
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<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§202">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 202, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/7-30.html">Oct. 2, 1987, D.C. Law 7-30, § 2(b), 34 DCR 5304</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/11-255.html">Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-255, § 51(a), 44 DCR 1271</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(a), 53 DCR 4889</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-20.html">Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 2003(b), 54 DCR 7052</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-353.html">Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, § 215(c), 56 DCR 1117</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/18-377.html">June 3, 2011, D.C. Law 18-377, § 19, 58 DCR 1174</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-239.html#§3(b)">April 7, 2017, D.C. Law 21-239, § 3(b), 64 DCR 1588</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2512.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.04.html">42-3502.04</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a>, in par. (a)(3), substituted “rent charged” for “rent ceiling”.</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-20.html">D.C. Law 17-20</a>, in subsec. (d), substituted “The Department of Housing and Community Development” for “The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs”.</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-353.html">D.C. Law 17-353</a> validated a previously made technical correction in subsec. (d).</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/18-377.html">D.C. Law 18-377</a>, in subsec. (a)(1), inserted “except rules and procedures subject to § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/2-1831.05.html">2-1831.05</a>(a)(7)”.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(a) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2003(b), of Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-74, July 25, 2007, 54 DCR 7549).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Rental Housing Commission Quorum Emergency Amendment Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-460, July 7, 2010, 57 DCR 6058).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 520 of Public Safety Legislation Sixty-Day Layover Emergency Amendment Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-693, January 18, 2011, 58 DCR 640).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 520 of Public Safety Legislation Sixty-Day Layover Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19-45, April 20, 2011, 58 DCR 3701).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Rental Housing Commission Quorum Emergency Amendment Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19-52, April 27, 2011, 58 DCR 3880).</p>
<h4>Temporary Legislation</h4>
<p>Section 2 of D.C. Law 18-231, in subsec. (b)(2), substituted “One member” for “A majority”.</p>
<p>Section 4(b) of D.C. Law 18-231 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.</p>
</section>
</section>
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<h2>§ 42–3502.02a. Immunity for official acts.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p>Members and staff of the Rental Housing Commission shall not be subject to liability for their official acts. Persons assisting the Rental Housing Commission, whether paid or pro bono, shall not be subject to liability for actions taken to perform services on behalf of the Commission.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§202a">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 202a</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/18-327.html">as added Mar. 12, 2011, D.C. Law 18-327, § 2(b), 58 DCR 14</a>.)
</p>
</section>
</section>
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<h2>§ 42–3502.03. Rental Accommodations Division of the Department of Housing and Community Development.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p>There is established within the Department of Housing and Community Development the Rental Accommodations Division, which shall have as its head a Rent Administrator.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§203">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 203, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-20.html">Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 2003(c), 54 DCR 7052</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-366.html">Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-366, § 2(b), 56 DCR 1332</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2513.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3401.03.html">42-3401.03</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3501.03.html">42-3501.03</a>, and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.04b.html">42-3502.04b</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-20.html">D.C. Law 17-20</a> rewrote the section.</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-366.html">D.C. Law 17-366</a> rewrote the section.</p>
<h4>Cross References</h4>
<p>Merit system classification policy and grade levels, see § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/1-611.01.html">1-611.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2003(c) of Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-74, July 25, 2007, 54 DCR 7549).</p>
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</section>
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<h2>§ 42–3502.03a. Rent Administrator — Appointment and removal.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> The Rent Administrator shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> The Mayor shall transmit a nomination of the Rent Administrator to the Council, for a 90-day period of review, excluding days of Council recess, including any Rent Administrator holding that position on March 25, 2009. If the Council does not approve by resolution a nomination of the Rent Administrator within the 90-day period of review, the nomination shall be deemed disapproved.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> The Rent Administrator shall serve a 3-year term. The Mayor may appoint the same person to serve as the Rent Administrator for successive terms subject to the advice and consent of the Council as provided by subsection (b) of this section.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span> The Mayor shall nominate a Rent Administrator within 6 months of:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(1)">(1)</span> March 25, 2009; or</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(2)">(2)</span> The occurrence of a vacancy in the position of Rent Administrator.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(e)">(e)</span> The Mayor shall remove the Rent Administrator for cause only; provided, that the Mayor shall provide the Council with a written justification within 30 days of the removal.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§203a">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 203a</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-366.html">as added Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-366, § 2(d), 56 DCR 1332</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Editor's Notes</h4>
<p>Former § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.03a.html">42-3502.03a</a> has been recodified as § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.04b.html">42-3502.04b</a> by <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-366.html">D.C. Law 17-366</a>, § 2(c).</p>
</section>
</section>
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<h2>§ 42–3502.03b. Rent Administrator — Qualifications and compensation.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p>The Rent Administrator shall:</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(1)">(1)</span> Be admitted to practice before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals by the time the Rent Administrator’s term of office commences;</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(2)">(2)</span> Be a resident of the District within 6 months of the commencement of the Rent Administrator’s term of office;</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(3)">(3)</span> Possess skills and expertise relevant to rental housing, preferably in the area of rent control or rent stabilization; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(4)">(4)</span> Receive annual compensation equivalent to that received by a District employee compensated at the grade of 15 of the District schedule established under subchapter XI of Chapter 6 of Title 1 [§ <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/1-611.01.html">1-611.01</a> et seq.].</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§203b">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 203b</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-366.html">as added Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-366, § 2(e), 56 DCR 1332</a>.)
</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.03c. Public Accessible Rent Control Housing Clearinghouse.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> The Rental Accommodations Division (“RAD”) of the Department of Housing and Community Development (“DHCD”), in close consultation with the Office of the Tenant Advocate and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, is authorized to establish a user-friendly, internet-accessible, searchable database for the submission, management, and review of all documents and relevant data that this subchapter requires housing providers to submit to the RAD.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> The database shall:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)">(1)</span> Include an online portal, not accessible to the general public, for the filing of all documents and data by housing providers as required by this subchapter, and all regulations promulgated pursuant to this subchapter; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(2)">(2)</span> Include an online portal accessible to the general public that provides information drawn from the documents submitted by housing providers pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, relevant to tenants seeking and living in rent control accommodations.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> The portal accessible to the general public shall include at a minimum, the following real-time, searchable parameters:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(1)">(1)</span> The building address and ward number;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(2)">(2)</span> The base rent for each rental unit in the accommodation;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(3)">(3)</span> Any services or facilities provided as part of the base rent;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(4)">(4)</span> The amount and date of each annual rent increase or decrease;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(5)">(5)</span> The number of bedrooms in each unit;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(6)">(6)</span> The vacancy status of each unit;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(7)">(7)</span> The accessibility information of the building, as it relates to District of Columbia and federal law;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(8)">(8)</span> The name, telephone number, and email address of the housing provider and property manager;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(9)">(9)</span> Dates and numbers of the basic business license of the housing provider;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(10)">(10)</span> Dates and numbers of the certificate of occupancy of the building;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(11)">(11)</span> The name, contact information, and place of business of the registered agent of the building, if applicable;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(12)">(12)</span> The licensing and registration of the property manager of the accommodation, when other than the housing provider;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(13)">(13)</span> The RAD registration exemption number and date of the housing accommodation;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(14)">(14)</span> Any pro-active inspection dates;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(15)">(15)</span> Any outstanding violations of the housing regulations applicable to the accommodation;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(16)">(16)</span> The notice date of any housing code violations;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(17)">(17)</span> The rate of return for the housing accommodation and computation required by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>(f)(6);</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(18)">(18)</span> Any petitions filed by the housing provider including, related services and facilities petition, capital improvement petition, substantial rehabilitation petition, voluntary agreement petition, hardship petition, other valid tenant petitions;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(19)">(19)</span> Any court or administrative actions; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(20)">(20)</span> Other information the RAD determines is relevant to tenants seeking and living in rent control accommodations.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span> The portal accessible to the general public shall exclude any documentation submitted in support of a tenant’s application for elderly or disability status pursuant to § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>(h)(2), and any other information the Rent Administrator may deem necessary to exclude to protect the privacy and personal information of a tenant.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(e)">(e)</span> The database should be completed in phases according to the following timeline:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(1)">(1)</span> Phase 1 — Within 6 months of October 22, 2015, DHCD should award a contract to build the database.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(2)">(2)</span> Phase 2 — Within one year of October 22, 2015, DHCD should ensure that the database portals are operational for the entry of data by housing providers, and for the general public to conduct searches of the information in the database.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(3)">(3)</span> Phase 3 — Within 2 years of October 22, 2015, DHCD should ensure the integration of existing data contained in documents previously submitted to the RAD, pursuant to this subchapter, into the database.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(f)">(f)</span> Beginning with the completion of Phase 2, all documents required to be filed by this subchapter, should be submitted to the RAD through the online database.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(g)">(g)</span> Beginning 6 months after October 22, 2015, and continuing every 6 months thereafter until phase 3 of database is completed, the RAD should report to the Council on the progress of the establishment of the database.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§203a">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 203a</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-36.html">as added Oct. 22, 2015, D.C. Law 21-36, § 2212(a), 62 DCR 10905</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 days) addition of this section, see § 2122(a) of the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21-127, July 27, 2015, 62 DCR 10201).</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.04. Duties of the Rent Administrator.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> The Rent Administrator shall draft rules and procedures for the administration of this chapter to be transmitted to the Rental Housing Commission for its action under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.02.html">42-3502.02</a>(a)(1).</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> The Rent Administrator shall carry out, according to rules and procedures established by the Rental Housing Commission under § 42-3502(a)(1), the rent stabilization program established under this subchapter, and shall perform other duties necessary and appropriate to, and consistent with this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> The Rent Administrator shall have jurisdiction over those complaints and petitions arising under subchapters II, IV, V, VI, and IX of this chapter and title V of the Rental Housing Act of 1980 which may be disposed of through administrative proceedings.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span><span class="level-num" id="(d)(1)">(1)</span> The Rent Administrator may employ, with funds available to the Rent Administrator, personnel and consultants, including hearing examiners, accountants, and legal counsel, reasonably necessary to carry out this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(2)">(2)</span> In accordance with the regulations issued by the Rental Housing Commission, the Rent Administrator may delegate authority to those employees appointed in conformity with paragraph (1) of this subsection. This authority may include, but is not limited to:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(2)(A)">(A)</span> Hearing administrative petitions filed or initiated under this chapter;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(2)(B)">(B)</span> Issuing decisions on the petitions; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(2)(C)">(C)</span> Rendering final orders on any petition heard by those employees.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(e)">(e)</span> The Rent Administrator or a designee may attend all policy meetings of the Rental Housing Commission.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(f)">(f)</span> The Rent Administrator shall establish and maintain a formal relationship with the Landlord/Tenant Branch of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the Metropolitan Police Department.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(g)">(g)</span> The Rent Administrator may issue at the request of any person an advisory opinion on issues of first impression under this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(h)">(h)</span><span class="level-num" id="(h)(1)">(1)</span> The Rent Administrator may hold hearings, sit and act at those times and places within the District, administer oaths, and require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents the Rent Administrator may consider necessary in carrying out his or her functions under this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(h)(2)">(2)</span> In the case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection by any person who resides in, is found in, or transacts business within the District, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, at the written request of the Rent Administrator, shall issue to the contumacious person an order requiring that person to appear before the Rent Administrator, to produce evidence if so ordered, or to give testimony touching upon the matter under inquiry. Any failure of that person to obey any order of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may be punished by that Court as contempt.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(i)">(i)</span> Upon the written request of the Rent Administrator, each department or entity of the District government may furnish directly to the Rent Administrator assistance and information necessary to discharge effectively the functions required under this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(j)">(j)</span> The Rent Administrator shall publish in English and Spanish within 60 days after July 17, 1985, a booklet or other written material describing the rights and obligations of tenants and housing providers and procedures under this chapter. This material shall be distributed through the District libraries and other District offices with which the public has frequent contact and at the office of any community organization which requests to distribute the material.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(k)">(k)</span> The Rent Administrator shall publish within 30 days after July 17, 1985, and prior to March 1 of each subsequent year in the D.C. Register the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for all items, in the Washington, D.C., Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), during the preceding calendar year.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(l)">(l)</span> In preparation for the transfer of jurisdiction of the Rent Administrator’s adjudicatory function to the Office of Administrative Hearings pursuant to § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/2-1831.03.html">2-1831.03</a>(b-1), the Rent Administrator shall submit a plan to the Mayor and Council by December 31, 2004 describing how the Rent Administrator’s office will function after its adjudicatory responsibilities are transferred to the Office of Administrative Hearings, the legislative changes needed to prepare the Rent Administrator for its new role, and the resources needed to maintain its non-adjudicatory functions. The plan shall be developed in consultation with the Office of Administrative Hearings.</p>
</section>
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<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§204">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 204, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/15-205.html">Dec. 7, 2004, D.C. Law 15-205, § 3503, 51 DCR 8441</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2514.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/15-205.html">D.C. Law 15-205</a> added subsec. (l).</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3503 of Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2004 (D.C. Act 15-486, August 2, 2004, 51 DCR 8236).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3503 of Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2004 (D.C. Act 15-594, October 26, 2004, 51 DCR 11725).</p>
<h4>References in Text</h4>
<p>Title V of the Rental Housing Act of 1980, referred to in subsection (c), was title V of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/3-131.html">D.C. Law 3-131</a>, repealed July 17, 1985, by <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html">D.C. Law 6-10</a>, § 905.</p>
</section>
</section>
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<h2>§ 42–3502.04a. Rental Conversion and Sale Division of the Department of Housing and Community Development Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> There is established within the Department of Housing and Community Development the Rental Conversion and Sale Division, which shall have as its head a Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> The Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator shall receive annual compensation equivalent to that received by a District employee compensated at the grade of 15 of the District schedule established under subchapter XI of Chapter 6 of Title 1 [§ <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/1-611.01.html">1-611.01</a> et seq.].</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§204a">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 204a</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-366.html">as added Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-366, § 2(f), 56 DCR 1332</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3401.03.html">42-3401.03</a> and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3501.03.html">42-3501.03</a>.</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.04b. Transfer of functions of the Rental Accommodations and Conversion Division of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs to the Department of Housing and Community Development.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p>All positions, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, assessments, and other funds available or to be made available to the Rental Accommodations and Conversion Division of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs relating to the duties and functions assigned to the Division pursuant to § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.03.html">42-3502.03</a>(a) are transferred to the Department of Housing and Community Development.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§204b">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 203a</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-20.html">as added Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 2003(d), 54 DCR 7052</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-366.html">redesignated § 204b, Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-366, § 2(c), 56 DCR 1332</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>2001 Ed., § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.03a.html">42-3502.03a</a></p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 2003(d) of Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-74, July 25, 2007, 54 DCR 7549).</p>
<h4>Editor's Notes</h4>
<p>Former § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.03a.html">42-3502.03a</a> has been recodified as § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.04b.html">42-3502.04b</a> by <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-366.html">D.C. Law 17-366</a>, § 2(c).</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.04c. Housing Regulation Administration; Housing Regulation Administrator.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> There is established within the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Housing Regulation Administration, which shall have as its head a Housing Regulation Administrator. The Housing Regulation Administrator shall be appointed by, and report directly to, the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)">(1)</span> The Housing Regulation Administration shall provide such administrative support to the Rent Administrator and the Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator as may be necessary to fulfill their statutory and regulatory responsibilities.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(2)">(2)</span> The Housing Regulation Administrator shall work cooperatively with the Rent Administrator and the Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator to promote administrative efficiency, complete and accurate record-keeping, and the prompt review and disposition of matters pending before them.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(3)">(3)</span> The Housing Regulation Administrator shall not have a supervisory role over the Rent Administrator and the Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§204c">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 204c</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-366.html">as added Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-366, § 2(g), 56 DCR 1332</a>.)
</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.05. Registration and coverage.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> Sections 42-3502.05(f) through 42-3502.19, except § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.17.html">42-3502.17</a>, shall apply to each rental unit in the District except:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)">(1)</span> Any rental unit in any federally or District-owned housing accommodation or in any housing accommodation with respect to which the mortgage or rent is federally or District-subsidized except units subsidized under subchapter III;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(2)">(2)</span> Any rental unit in any newly constructed housing accommodation for which the building permit was issued after December 31, 1975, or any newly created rental unit, added to an existing structure or housing accommodation and covered by a certificate of occupancy for housing use issued after January 1, 1980, provided, however, that this exemption shall not apply to any housing accommodation the construction of which required the demolition of an housing accommodation subject to this chapter, unless the number of newly constructed rental units exceeds the number of demolished rental units;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)">(3)</span> Any rental unit in any housing accommodation of 4 or fewer rental units, including any aggregate of 4 rental units whether within the same structure or not, provided:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)(A)">(A)</span> The housing accommodation is owned by not more than 4 natural persons;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)(B)">(B)</span> None of the housing providers has an interest, either directly or indirectly, in any other rental unit in the District of Columbia;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)(C)">(C)</span> The housing provider of the housing accommodation files with the Rent Administrator a claim of exemption statement which consists of an oath or affirmation by the housing provider of the valid claim to the exemption. The claim of exemption statement shall also contain the signatures of each person having an interest, direct or indirect, in the housing accommodation. Any change in the ownership of the exempted housing accommodation or change in the housing provider’s interest in any other housing accommodation which would invalidate the exemption claim must be reported in writing to the Rent Administrator within 30 days of the change;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)(D)">(D)</span> The limitation of the exemption to a housing accommodation owned by natural persons shall not apply to a housing accommodation owned or controlled by a decedent’s estate or testamentary trust if the housing accommodation was, at the time of the decedent’s death, already exempt under the terms of paragraphs (3)(A) and (3)(B) of this subsection; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)(E)">(E)</span> For purposes of determining the eligibility of a condominium rental unit for the exemption provided by this paragraph, by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3404.13.html">42-3404.13</a>(a)(3), or by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-4016.html">42-4016</a>(a)(3) [expired], a housing accommodation shall be the aggregate of the condominium rental units and any other rental units owned by the natural person(s) claiming the exemption.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(4)">(4)</span> Any housing accommodation which has been continuously vacant and not subject to a rental agreement since January 1, 1985, and any housing accommodation previously exempt under § 206(a)(4) of the Rental Housing Act of 1980, provided that upon rerental the housing accommodation is in substantial compliance with the housing regulations when offered for rent;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(5)">(5)</span> Any rental unit in any structure owned by a cooperative housing association, if:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(5)(A)">(A)</span> The proprietary lease or occupancy agreement for the rental unit is owned by not more than 4 natural persons, who are shareholders or members of the cooperative housing association;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(5)(B)">(B)</span> None of the shareholders or members has an interest, directly or indirectly, in more than 4 rental units in the District of Columbia. A shareholder or member of a cooperative housing association owning a proprietary lease or occupancy agreement for a rental unit in an association shall not be deemed to have an indirect interest in any other rental unit in any structure owned by a cooperative housing association solely by virtue of ownership of a stock or membership certificate, proprietary lease, or other evidence of membership in the association; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(5)(C)">(C)</span> The shareholders or members owning the proprietary lease or occupancy agreement for the rental unit file with the Rent Administrator a claim of exemption statement which consists of an oath or affirmation by the shareholders or members of a valid claim to the exemption. The claim of exemption statement shall also contain the signature of each person having an interest, direct or indirect, in the proprietary lease or occupancy agreement for the rental unit. Any change in the ownership of the proprietary lease or occupancy agreement or change in the shareholder’s or member’s interest in any other rental unit which would invalidate the exemption claim must be reported in writing to the Rent Administrator within 30 days of the change;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(6)">(6)</span> [Disapproved.]</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(7)">(7)</span> Housing accommodations for which a building improvement plan has been executed under the apartment improvement program and housing accommodations which receive rehabilitation assistance under other multi-family assistance programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, if:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(7)(A)">(A)</span> The building improvement plan, accompanied by a certification signed by the tenants of 70% of the occupied units, is filed with the Division at the time of execution;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(7)(B)">(B)</span> Upon expiration of the building improvement plan, the exemption provided under this paragraph shall terminate and the housing accommodation will again be subject to §§ <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>(f) through <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.19.html">42-3502.19</a>; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(7)(C)">(C)</span> Upon expiration of the building improvement plan, and notwithstanding the provisions of § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.09.html">42-3502.09</a>, the schedule of rents charged, services, and facilities established by the building improvement plans shall be considered the rents charged and service and facility levels established for the purposes of subchapter II of this chapter;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(8)">(8)</span> [Disapproved.]</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(9)">(9)</span> [Disapproved.]</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(10)">(10)</span> [Disapproved.]</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> Rent may not be increased under subsections (a)(9) and (a)(10) of this section if:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)">(1)</span> The unit is vacated as a result of eviction or termination of tenancy where the housing provider seeks in good faith to recover possession for occupancy by the housing provider or a member of the housing provider’s family, or the housing provider seeks to recover possession in order to remove permanently the unit from rental housing; or</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(2)">(2)</span> The vacating of a rental unit by a tenant as a result of a housing provider creating an unreasonable interference with the tenant’s comfort, safety, or enjoyment of the rental unit or as a result of retaliatory action under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3505.02.html">42-3505.02</a> shall not be considered a voluntary vacating of the unit.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> Notwithstanding subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section the housing provider shall be entitled to an exemption whenever the unit is next vacated in accordance with subsections (a)(9) and (a)(10)(A) of this section after an intervening loss of the exemption.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span> Prior to the execution of a lease or other rental agreement after July 17, 1985, a prospective tenant of any unit exempted under subsection (a) of this section shall receive a notice in writing advising the prospective tenant that rent increases for the accommodation are not regulated by the rent stabilization program.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(e)">(e)</span> This chapter shall not apply to the following units:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(1)">(1)</span> Any rental unit operated by a foreign government as a residence for diplomatic personnel;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(2)">(2)</span> Any rental unit in an establishment which has as its primary purpose providing diagnostic care and treatment of diseases, including, but not limited to, hospitals, convalescent homes, nursing homes, and personal care homes;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(3)">(3)</span> Any dormitory; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(4)">(4)</span> Following a determination by the Rent Administrator, any rental unit or housing accommodation intended for use as long-term temporary housing by families with 1 or more members that satisfies each of the following requirements:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(4)(A)">(A)</span> The rental unit or housing accommodation is occupied by families that, at the time of their initial occupancy, have had incomes at or below 50% of the District median income for families of the size in question for the immediately preceding 12 months;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(4)(B)">(B)</span> The housing provider of the rental unit or housing accommodation is a nonprofit charitable organization that operates the unit or housing accommodation on a strictly not-for-profit basis under which no part of the net earnings of the housing provider inure to the benefit of or are distributable to its directors, officers, or any private individual other than as reasonable compensation for services rendered; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(4)(C)">(C)</span> The housing provider offers a comprehensive social services program to resident families.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(f)">(f)</span> Within 120 days of July 17, 1985, each housing provider of any rental unit not exempted by this chapter and not registered under the Rental Housing Act of 1980, shall file with the Rent Administrator, on a form approved by the Rent Administrator, a new registration statement for each housing accommodation in the District for which the housing provider is receiving rent or is entitled to receive rent. Any person who becomes a housing provider of such a rental unit after July 17, 1985 shall have 30 days within which to file a registration statement with the Rent Administrator. No penalties shall be assessed against any housing provider who, during the 120-day period, registers any units under this chapter, for the failure to have previously registered the units. The registration form shall contain, but not be limited to:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(f)(1)">(1)</span> For each accommodation requiring a housing business license, the dates and numbers of that housing business license and the certificates of occupancy, where required by law, issued by the District government;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(f)(2)">(2)</span> For each accommodation not required to obtain a housing business license, the information contained therein and the dates and numbers of the certificates of occupancy issued by the District government, and a copy of each certificate;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(f)(3)">(3)</span> The base rent for each rental unit in the accommodation, the related services included, and the related facilities and charges;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(f)(4)">(4)</span> The number of bedrooms in the housing accommodation;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(f)(5)">(5)</span> A list of any outstanding violations of the housing regulations applicable to the accommodation or an affidavit by the housing provider or manager that there are no known outstanding violations; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(f)(6)">(6)</span> The rate of return for the housing accommodation and the computations made by the housing provider to arrive at the rate of return by application of the formula provided in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.12.html">42-3502.12</a>.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(g)">(g)</span><span class="level-num" id="(g)(1)">(1)</span> A housing provider shall file the following notices with the Rent Administrator:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(g)(1)(A)">(A)</span> A copy of the rent increase notice given to the tenant for a rent increase under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>(h)(2), within 30 days after the effective date of the increase; provided, that if rent increases are given to multiple tenants with the same effective date, the housing provider shall file a sample rent increase notice and a list attached stating the unit number, tenant name, previous rent charged, new rent charged, and effective date for each rent increase;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(g)(1)(B)">(B)</span> A copy of the notice given to the tenant for an increase under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.13.html">42-3502.13</a>(d) stating the calculation of the initial rent charged in the lease (based on increases during the preceding 3 years) within 30 days of the commencement of the lease term;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(g)(1)(C)">(C)</span> A notice of a change in ownership or management of the housing accommodation, or change in the services and facilities included in the rent charged, within 30 days after the change.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(g)(2)">(2)</span> Repealed.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(h)">(h)</span> Each registration statement filed under this section shall be available for public inspection at the Division, and each housing provider shall keep a duplicate of the registration statement posted in a public place on the premises of the housing accommodation to which the registration statement applies. Each housing provider may, instead of posting in each housing accommodation comprised of a single rental unit, mail to each tenant of the housing accommodation a duplicate of the registration statement.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§205">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 205, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-118.html">May 23, 1986, D.C. Law 6-118, § 2, 33 DCR 2444</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-167.html">Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-167, § 2, 33 DCR 6732</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-192.html">Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-192, § 13(a), (b), 33 DCR 7836</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/8-222.html">Mar. 7, 1991, D.C. Law 8-222, § 2, 38 DCR 203</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/11-255.html">Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-255, § 51(b), 44 DCR 1271</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(a), (b), 53 DCR 4889</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-219.html">Aug. 16, 2008, D.C. Law 17-219, § 7064, 55 DCR 7598</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-353.html">Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, § 184(b), 56 DCR 1117</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-36.html">Oct. 22, 2015, D.C. Law 21-36, § 2212(b), 62 DCR 10905</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2515.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3501.03.html">42-3501.03</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.09.html">42-3502.09</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.13.html">42-3502.13</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.17.html">42-3502.17</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.20.html">42-3502.20</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.21.html">42-3502.21</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.22.html">42-3502.22</a>, and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3504.01.html">42-3504.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a>, in subpar. (a)(7)(C), substituted “rent charged” for “rent ceiling”; and rewrote subsec. (g), which had read as follows: “(g) An amended registration statement shall be filed by each housing provider whose rental units are subject to registration under this chapter within 30 days of any event which changes or substantially affects the rents including vacant unit rent increases under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.13.html">42-3502.13</a>, services, facilities, or the housing provider or management of any rental unit in a registered housing accommodation. No amended registration statement shall be required for a change in rent under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>(b).”</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-219.html">D.C. Law 17-219</a>, in subsec. (g)(2), substituted “The” for “Subject to appropriation, the”.</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-353.html">D.C. Law 17-353</a> validated a previously made technical correction in subsec. (a)(7)(C).</p>
<p>The 2015 amendment by <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-36.html">D.C. Law 21-36</a> repealed (g)(2).</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(a), (b) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2122(b) of the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21-127, July 27, 2015, 62 DCR 10201).</p>
<h4>References in Text</h4>
<p>Section 42-3404.13(a)(3), referred to in subparagraph (a)(3)(E), was repealed March 16, 1978 by <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/2-54.html">D.C. Law 2-54</a>, § 903, 24 DCR 5334.</p>
<p>Section 42-4016, referred to in subsection (a)(3)(E), expired pursuant to § 907 of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/3-131.html">D.C. Law 3-131</a> on April 30, 1985.</p>
<p>Section 206(a)(4) of the Rental Housing Act of 1980, referred to in paragraph (a)(4), was codified as § 45-1515 1981 Ed., which expired April 30, 1985, pursuant to D.C. Law 3-131, § 907.</p>
<h4>Editor's Notes</h4>
<p>On November 5, 1985, pursuant to the Initiative, Referendum, and Recall Charter Amendments Act of 1977 (<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/2-46.html">D.C. Law 2-46</a>), the electorate of the District of Columbia rejected paragraphs (a)(6), (a)(8), (a)(9), and (a)(10) of § 205 of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html">D.C. Law 6-10</a>.</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.06. Rent ceilings abolished.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> Rent ceilings are abolished, except that the housing provider may implement, in accordance with § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>(g), rent ceiling adjustments pursuant to petitions and voluntary agreements approved by the Rent Administrator prior to August 5, 2006. Petitions and voluntary agreements pending as of August 5, 2006, shall be decided pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter in effect prior to August 5, 2006, and may be implemented in accordance with § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>(g). In considering a hardship petition pursuant to § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.12.html">42-3502.12</a>, any unimplemented rent charged increase pursuant to a petition or voluntary agreement approved by the Rent Administrator shall be included in the maximum possible rental income. Except to the extent provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, no housing provider of any rental unit subject to this chapter may charge or collect rent for the rental unit in excess of the amount computed by adding to the base rent not more than all rent increases authorized after April 30, 1985, for the rental unit by this chapter, by prior rent control laws and any administrative decision under those laws, and by a court of competent jurisdiction. No tenant may sublet a rental unit at a rent greater than that tenant pays the housing provider.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> On an annual basis, the Rental Housing Commission shall determine an adjustment of general applicability in the rent charged established by subsection (a) of this section. This adjustment of general applicability shall be equal to the change during the previous calendar year, ending each December 31, in the Washington, D.C., Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for all items during the preceding calendar year. No adjustment of general applicability shall exceed 10%. A housing provider may not implement an adjustment of general applicability, or an adjustment permitted by subsection (c) of this section for a rental unit within 12 months of the effective date of the previous adjustment of general applicability, or instead, an adjustment permitted by subsection (c) of this section in the rent charged for that unit.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> At the housing provider's election, instead of any adjustment authorized by subsection (b) of this section, the rent charged for an accommodation may be adjusted through a hardship petition under <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.12.html">§ 42-3502.12</a>.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span> If on July 17, 1985 the rent being charged exceeds the allowable rent ceiling, that rent shall be reduced to the allowable rent ceiling effective the next date that the rent is due. This subsection shall not apply to any rent administratively approved under the Rental Accommodations Act of 1975, the Rental Housing Act of 1977, or the Rental Housing Act of 1980, or any rent increase authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction. The housing provider shall notify the tenant in writing of any decrease required under this chapter before the effective date of the decrease.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(e)">(e)</span> A tenant may challenge a rent adjustment implemented under any section of this chapter by filing a petition with the Rent Administrator under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.16.html">42-3502.16</a>. No petition may be filed with respect to any rent adjustment, under any section of this chapter, more than 3 years after the effective date of the adjustment, except that a tenant must challenge the new base rent as provided in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3501.03.html">42-3501.03</a>(4) within 6 months from the date the housing provider files his base rent as required by this chapter.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(f)">(f)</span> Repealed.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(g)">(g)</span> Repealed.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§206">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 206, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/9-154.html">Sept. 26, 1992, D.C. Law 9-154, § 2(a), 39 DCR 5673</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(a), (c), 53 DCR 4889</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-240.html">Mar. 8, 2007, D.C. Law 16-240, § 3, 54 DCR 597</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-294.html">Mar. 14, 2007, D.C. Law 16-294, § 3, 54 DCR 1086</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-305.html">Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 67(a), 53 DCR 6198</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-353.html">Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, §§ 184(c), 253, 56 DCR 1117</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-197.html#§2(a)">February 18, 2017, D.C. Law 21-197, § 2(a), 63 DCR 15030</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-239.html#§3(c)">April 7, 2017, D.C. Law 21-239, § 3(c), 64 DCR 1588</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2516.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3501.03.html">42-3501.03</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.02.html">42-3502.02</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.09.html">42-3502.09</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.10.html">42-3502.10</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.12.html">42-3502.12</a>, and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.16.html">42-3502.16</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a>, in subsec. (a), inserted the first three sentences; and, in subsecs. (b), (c), and (f)(3), substituted “rent charged” for “rent ceiling”.</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-240.html">D.C. Law 16-240</a> rewrote subsec. (f)(2)(A) and added subsec. (f)(2)(2A). Prior to amendment, subsec. (f)(2)(A) read as follows: “(A) ’Disabled tenant’ means an individual who has a medically determinable physical impairment, including blindness, which prohibits and incapacitates 75% of that person’s ability to move about, to assist himself or herself, or to engage in an occupation, and has an income of not more than $40,000 per year at the time of approval by the Rent Administrator of a petition for capital improvements pursuant to § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.10.html">42-3502.10</a>.”</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-294.html">D.C. Law 16-294</a>, in subsec. (a), made a technical correction that made no change in text.</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-305.html">D.C. Law 16-305</a>, in subsec. (f)(1), substituted “tenant or tenant with a disability” for “or disabled tenant”; and, in subsec. (f)(2), purported to substitute “Tenant with a disability” for “Disabled tenant”.</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-353.html">D.C. Law 17-353</a>, in the section heading, substituted “Rent ceilings abolished” for “Rent ceiling”, and validated a previously made technical correction in subsec. (a).</p>
<h4>Cross References</h4>
<p>Fee for housing accommodation conversion, rights to reduction, see § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3402.04.html">42-3402.04</a>.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(a), (c) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 day) repeal of section, see § 2(d) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2 of the Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20-430), October 7, 2014, 61 DCR 10706, 20 STAT 4145).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of the Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20-575, Jan. 13, 2015, 62 DCR 1068, 21 STAT 717).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of the Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Emergency Amendment Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21-160, Oct. 16, 2015, 62 DCR 13722).</p>
<h4>Temporary Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of the Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Temporary Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Law 20-164, February 26, 2015, 61 DCR 11095).</p>
<p>For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of the Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Temporary Amendment Act of 2015 (D.C. Law 21-49, Jan. 9, 2016, 62 DCR 13990).</p>
<p>For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-169.html#§2(a)">§ 2(a) of Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Temporary Amendment Act of 2016 (D.C. Law 21-169, November 30, 2016, 63 DCR 12597)</a>.</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.07. Adjustments in rent ceiling.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p>Repealed.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§207">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 207, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(d), 53 DCR 4889</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2517.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>.</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.08. Increases above base rent.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)">(1)</span> Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the rent for any rental unit shall not be increased above the base rent unless:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)(A)">(A)</span> The rental unit and the common elements are in substantial compliance with the housing regulations, if noncompliance is not the result of tenant neglect or misconduct. Evidence of substantial noncompliance shall be limited to housing regulations violation notices issued by the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and other offers of proof the Rental Housing Commission shall consider acceptable through its rulemaking procedures;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)(B)">(B)</span> The housing accommodation is registered in accordance with § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)(C)">(C)</span> The housing provider of the housing accommodation is properly licensed under a statute or regulations if the statute or regulations require licensing;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)(D)">(D)</span> The manager of the accommodation, when other than the housing provider, is properly registered under the housing regulations if the regulations require registration; </p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)(E)">(E)</span> Notice of the increase complies with § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3509.04.html">42-3509.04</a>;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)(F)">(F)</span> The housing provider has provided a tenant with written notice of the maximum standard rent increase that applies to an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability and the means by which a tenant may establish elderly or disability status as set forth in <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.24.html#(d)">§ 42-3502.24(d)</a>, as provided by the Rent Administrator pursuant to <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.24.html#(f)">§ 42-3502.24(f)</a>, and has not required a tenant to provide more proof of age or disability than the minimum information necessary to establish that status; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)(G)">(G)</span> The housing provider, if a nonresident of the District, has appointed and maintained a registered agent pursuant to section 203 of Title 14 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(2)">(2)</span> Where the Rent Administrator finds there have been excessive and prolonged violations of the housing regulations affecting the health, safety, and security of the tenants or the habitability of the housing accommodation in which the tenants reside and that the housing provider has failed to correct the violations, the Rent Administrator may roll back the rents for the affected rental units to an amount which shall not be less than the September 1, 1983, base rent for the rental units until the violations have been abated.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> A housing accommodation and each of the rental units in the housing accommodation shall be considered to be in substantial compliance with the housing regulations if:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)">(1)</span> For purposes of the adjustments made in the rent charged in §§ <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a> and <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.07.html">42-3502.07</a> [repealed], all substantial violations cited at the time of the last inspection of the housing accommodation by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs before the effective date of the increase were abated within a 45-day period following the issuance of the citations or that time granted by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, and the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has certified the abatement, or the housing provider or the tenant has certified the abatement and has presented evidence to substantiate the certification. No certification of abatement shall establish compliance with the housing regulations unless the tenants have been given a 10-day notice and an opportunity to contest the certification; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(2)">(2)</span> For purposes of the filing of petitions for adjustments in the rent charged as prescribed in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.16.html">42-3502.16</a>, the housing accommodation and each of the rental units in the housing accommodation shall have been inspected at the request of each housing provider by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs within the 30 days immediately preceding the filing of a petition for adjustment.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> A tenant of a housing accommodation who, after receipt of not less than 5 days written notice that the housing provider desires an inspection of the tenant’s rental unit for the purpose of determining whether the housing accommodation is in substantial compliance with the housing regulations, refuses without good cause to admit an employee of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs for the purpose of inspecting the tenant’s rental unit, or who refuses without good cause to admit the housing provider or the housing provider’s employee or contractor for the purpose of abating any violation of the housing regulations cited by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, will be considered to have waived the right to challenge the validity of the proposed adjustment for reasons that the rental unit occupied by the tenant is not in substantial compliance with the housing regulations.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abrogate a tenant’s right to initiate any lawful action to correct any violation in the tenant’s rental unit or in the housing accommodation in which that rental unit is located.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(e)">(e)</span> Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no rent shall be adjusted under this chapter for any rental unit with respect to which there is a valid written lease or rental agreement establishing the rent for the rental unit for the term of the written lease or rental agreement.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(f)">(f)</span> Any notice of an adjustment under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a> shall contain a statement of the current rent, the increased rent, and the utilities covered by the rent which justify the adjustment or other justification for the rent increase. The notice shall also include a summary of tenant rights under this chapter and a list of sources of technical assistance as published in the District of Columbia Register by the Mayor.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(g)">(g)</span> The amount of rent charged for any rental unit subject to this subchapter shall not be increased until a full 12 months have elapsed since any prior increase; provided, that:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(g)(1)">(1)</span> An increase in the amount of rent charged shall not exceed the amount of any single adjustment pursuant to any one section of this subchapter;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(g)(2)">(2)</span> If the rental unit becomes vacant within 12 months of an increase in the amount of rent charged, other than a vacancy increase pursuant to § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.13.html">42-3502.13</a>, the housing provider may increase the amount of rent charged pursuant to § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.13.html">42-3502.13</a>; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(g)(3)">(3)</span> If the amount of rent charged is increased pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the amount of rent charged shall not be increased until a full 12 months have elapsed after the increase in the amount of rent charged, even if another vacancy occurs.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(h)">(h)</span> Unless the adjustment in the amount of rent charged is implemented pursuant to <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.10.html">§ 42-3502.10</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.11.html">§ 42-3502.11</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.12.html">§ 42-3502.12</a>, or <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.14.html">§ 42-3502.14</a>, an adjustment in the amount of rent charged:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(h)(1)">(1)</span> If the unit is vacant, shall not exceed the amount permitted under <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.13.html#(a)">§ 42-3502.13(a)</a>; or</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(h)(2)">(2)</span> If the unit is occupied:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(h)(2)(A)">(A)</span> Shall not exceed the current allowable amount of rent charged for the unit, plus the adjustment of general applicability plus 2%, taken as a percentage of the current allowable amount of rent charged; provided, that the total adjustment shall not exceed 10%;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(h)(2)(B)">(B)</span> Shall be pursuant to <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.24.html">§ 42-3502.24</a>, if occupied by an elderly tenant or tenant with a disability; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(h)(2)(C)">(C)</span> Shall not exceed the lesser of 5% or the adjustment of general applicability if the unit is leased or co-leased by a home and community-based services waiver provider.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§208">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 208, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/9-191.html">Mar. 16, 1993, D.C. Law 9-191, § 2, 39 DCR 9005</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(a), (e), 53 DCR 4889</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-239.html#§3(d)">April 7, 2017, D.C. Law 21-239, § 3(d), 64 DCR 1588</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2518.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>, and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.09.html">42-3502.09</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a> substituted “rent charged” for “rent ceiling”; and rewrote subsecs. (g) and (h).</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(a), (e) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.09. Rent charged upon termination of exemption and for newly covered rental units.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the rent charged for any rental unit in a housing accommodation exempted by § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>, except subsection (a)(2) or (a)(7) of that section, upon the expiration or termination of the exemption, shall be the average rent charged during the last 6 consecutive months of the exemption, increased by no more than 5% of the average rent charged during the last 6 consecutive months of the exemption. The increase may be effected only in accordance with the procedures specified in §§ <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a> and <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3509.04.html">42-3509.04</a>.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> A structure or building, including the land appurtenant, which is located in the District in which 1 or more rental units as defined in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3501.03.html">42-3501.03</a>(33) are established after July 17, 1985, shall subsequently be defined as a “housing accommodation” for the purposes of this chapter. If any rental unit in such a housing accommodation is not otherwise exempted by 1 of the provisions of § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>, the rent charged for the initial leasing period or the first year of tenancy, whichever is shorter, shall be determined by the housing provider and is considered to be the equivalent of making the computations specified in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> The rent charged for any rental unit exempted under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>(a)(5) upon the expiration or termination of the exemption shall be the rent charged on the date the unit became exempt plus each subsequent adjustment of general applicability authorized under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>(b).</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§209">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 209, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(a), 53 DCR 4889</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-353.html">Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, § 184(d), 56 DCR 1117</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2519.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a> substituted “rent charged” for “rent ceiling”.</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/17-353.html">D.C. Law 17-353</a> validated a previously made technical correction in subsec. (c).</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(a) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.10. Petitions for capital improvements.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> On petition by the housing provider, the Rent Administrator may approve a rent adjustment to cover the cost of capital improvements to a rental unit or housing accommodation if:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)">(1)</span> The improvement would protect or enhance the health, safety, and security of the tenants or the habitability of the housing accommodation; or</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(2)">(2)</span> The improvement will effect a net saving in the use of energy by the housing accommodation, or is intended to comply with applicable environmental protection regulations, if any savings in energy costs are passed on to the tenants.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> The housing provider shall establish to the satisfaction of the Rent Administrator:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)">(1)</span> That the improvement would be considered depreciable under the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.);</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(2)">(2)</span> The amount and cost of the improvement including interest and service charges; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(3)">(3)</span> That required governmental permits and approvals have been secured.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> Any decision of the Rent Administrator under this section shall determine the adjustment of the rent charged:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(1)">(1)</span> In the case of building-wide major capital improvement, by dividing the cost over a 96-month period of amortization and by dividing the result by the number of rental units in the housing accommodation. No increase under this paragraph may exceed 20% above the current rent charged;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(2)">(2)</span> In the case of limited improvements to 1 or more rental units in a housing accommodation, by dividing the cost over a 64-month period of amortization and by dividing this result by the number of rental units receiving the improvement. No increase under this paragraph may exceed 15% above the current rent charged. The Rent Administrator shall make a determination that the interests of the affected tenants are being protected; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(3)">(3)</span> In the case of a rent increase included as part of the rent charged or base rent for a capital improvement after October 19, 1989, the rent increase is temporary and is abated as to each tenant upon recovery of all costs of the capital improvement, including interest and service charges. The rent increase shall not be calculated as part of either the base rent or rent charged of a tenant when determining the amount of rent charged. When the housing provider has recovered all costs, including interest and service charges, the housing provider shall recompute and adjust the rent charged to reflect the abatement of the capital improvement rent increase.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span> Plans, contracts, specifications, and permits relating to capital improvements shall be retained for 1 year by the housing provider or its designated agent for inspection by affected tenants as the tenants may request at the housing provider’s place of business in the District during working hours. If the housing provider does not have a place of business in the District, the plans, contracts, specifications, and permits relating to the capital improvements shall be made available upon request by the affected tenants at the Rental Accommodations Division.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(e)">(e)</span><span class="level-num" id="(e)(1)">(1)</span> A decision by the Rent Administrator on a rent adjustment under this section shall be rendered within 60 days after receipt of a complete petition for capital improvement.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(e)(2)">(2)</span> Failure of the Rent Administrator to render a decision pursuant to this section within the 60-day period shall operate to allow the petitioner to proceed with a capital improvement.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(f)">(f)</span> Any tenant displaced from a rental unit by the capital improvement of the unit or the housing accommodation under this section shall have a right to rerent the rental unit immediately upon the completion of the work.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(g)">(g)</span> The housing provider may make capital improvements to the property before the approval of the rent adjustment by the Rent Administrator for the capital improvements where the capital improvements are immediately necessary to maintain the health or safety of the tenants.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(h)">(h)</span> A housing provider may adjust the rent charged for any rental unit to provide for the cost of any capital improvements which are required by provisions of any federal or local statute or regulation becoming effective after October 30, 1980, amortized over the useful life of the improvements, and the cost of the improvements applied on an equal basis to those rental units within the housing accommodation which benefit from the improvement, by filing with the Division a certificate of calculation for mandated capital improvement increase. The certificate shall establish:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(h)(1)">(1)</span> That the improvement is required by the provisions of a federal or District statute or regulation becoming effective after October 30, 1980;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(h)(2)">(2)</span> The amount of the cost of the improvements; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(h)(3)">(3)</span> That required governmental permits and approvals have been secured.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(i)">(i)</span> The housing provider may petition the Rent Administrator for approval of the rent adjustment for any capital improvements made under subsection (g) of this section, if the petition is filed with the Rent Administrator within 10 calendar days from the installation of the capital improvements.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(j)">(j)</span> The housing provider may petition the Rent Administrator to assess capital improvement increases in the rent charged against elderly tenants and tenants with disabilities, and the Rent Administrator shall approve the petition if the housing provider proves to the satisfaction of the Rent Administrator that the amount which would be collectible from elderly tenants and tenants with disabilities at the housing accommodation, but for the provisions of § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>(f), would exceed the amount of real property taxes that would be payable during the calendar year with respect to the housing accommodation, but for the provisions of § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>(g).</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§210">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 210, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/8-48.html">Oct. 19, 1989, D.C. Law 8-48, § 2, 36 DCR 5788</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/9-154.html">Sept. 26, 1992, D.C. Law 9-154, § 2(b), 39 DCR 5673</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(a), 53 DCR 4889</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-305.html">Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 67(b), 53 DCR 6198</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2520.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>, and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.16.html">42-3502.16</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a>, in subsecs. (c) and (h), substituted “rent charged” for “rent ceiling”.</p>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-305.html">D.C. Law 16-305</a>, in subsec. (j), substituted “tenants or tenants with a disability” for “and disabled tenants”.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(a) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
<h4>Editor's Notes</h4>
<p>Application of Law 9-154: Section 3 of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/9-154.html">D.C. Law 9-154</a> provided that the act shall not apply to any increase in a rent ceiling for a rental unit, or to any increase in the rent charged for a rental unit, when the capital improvement petition has been approved by the Rent Administrator and the resultant rent increase was implemented prior to September 26, 1992.</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.11. Services and facilities.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p>If the Rent Administrator determines that the related services or related facilities supplied by a housing provider for a housing accommodation or for any rental unit in the housing accommodation are substantially increased or decreased, the Rent Administrator may increase or decrease the rent charged, as applicable, to reflect proportionally the value of the change in services or facilities.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§211">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 211, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-192.html">Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-192, § 13(c), 33 DCR 7836</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(a), 53 DCR 4889</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2521.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a> and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.16.html">42-3502.16</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a> substituted “rent charged” for “rent ceiling”.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(a) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.11a. Mandatory fees prohibited.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> A housing provider shall not impose on a tenant a mandatory fee for any service or facility that has not been approved pursuant to <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.11.html">§ 42-3502.11</a> or <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.15.html">§ 42-3502.15</a>.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> A housing provider who violates this section shall be liable to the tenant for treble damages pursuant to section 901(a).</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-210.html#§2(b)">February 18, 2017, D.C. Law 21-210, § 2(b), 63 DCR 15302</a>.)
</p>
</section>
</section>
<hr/>
<h2>§ 42–3502.12. Hardship petition.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> Where an election has been made under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>(c) to seek a rent adjustment through a hardship petition, the Rent Administrator shall, after review of the figures and computations set forth in the housing provider’s petition, allow additional increases in rent which would generate no more than a 12% rate of return computed according to subsection (b) of this section.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> In determining the rate of return for each housing accommodation, the following formula, computed over a base period of the 12 consecutive months within 15 months preceding the filing of a petition under this chapter, shall be used to:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)">(1)</span> Obtain the net income by subtracting from the sum of maximum possible rental income which can be derived from a housing accommodation to which this section applies and the maximum amount of all other income which can be derived from the housing accommodation the following:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(A)">(A)</span> The operating expenses, but the following items shall not be allowed as operating expenses:</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(A)(i)">(i)</span> Membership fees in organizations established to influence legislation and regulations;</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(A)(ii)">(ii)</span> Contributions to lobbying efforts;</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(A)(iii)">(iii)</span> Contributions for legal fees in the prosecution of class action cases;</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(A)(iv)">(iv)</span> Political contributions to candidates for office;</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(A)(v)">(v)</span> Mortgage principal payments;</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(A)(vi)">(vi)</span> Maintenance expenses for which the housing provider has been reimbursed by any security deposit, insurance settlement, judgment for damages, agreed upon payments, or any other method;</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(A)(vii)">(vii)</span> Attorney’s fees charged for services connected with counseling or litigation related to actions brought by the District government due to the housing provider’s repeated failure to comply with applicable housing regulations as evidenced by violation notices issued by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(A)(viii)">(viii)</span> Any expenses for which the tenant has lawfully paid directly;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(B)">(B)</span> The management fee, where applicable, of not more than 6% of the maximum rental income of the housing accommodation unless an additional amount is approved by the Rent Administrator as follows:</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(B)(i)">(i)</span> The housing provider shall first file with the Rent Administrator a petition which contains information the Rent Administrator may require, including, but not limited to, the name of the payee; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(B)(ii)">(ii)</span> If the Rent Administrator determines, based on the petition and other information the Rent Administrator may require, that the excess over 6% of maximum possible income or part of income is reasonable, the Rent Administrator may permit the same excess or so much of the excess as is reasonable;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(C)">(C)</span> Property taxes;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(D)">(D)</span> Depreciation expenses to the extent reflected in decreased real property tax assessments;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(E)">(E)</span> Vacancy losses for the housing accommodation of not more than 6% of the maximum rental housing income of the housing accommodation unless an additional amount is approved by the Rent Administrator;</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(F)">(F)</span> Uncollected rents; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(1)(G)">(G)</span> Interest payments;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(b)(2)">(2)</span> Then, divide the net income by the housing provider’s equity in the housing accommodation to determine the rate of return.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span><span class="level-num" id="(c)(1)">(1)</span> At the housing provider's election, instead of any adjustment authorized by <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html#(b)">§ 42-3502.06(b)</a>, the rent charged for an accommodation may be adjusted through a hardship petition under this section. The petition shall be clearly identified as an election instead of the general adjustments authorized by<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html#(b)">§ 42-3502.06(b)</a>. The Rent Administrator shall accord an expedited review process for these petitions and shall issue and publish a final decision within 90 days after the petition has been filed.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(2)">(2)</span><span class="level-num" id="(c)(2)(A)">(A)</span> In the case of any petition filed under this subsection as to which a final decision has not been rendered by the Rent Administrator at the end of 90 days from the date of filing of the petition and as to which the housing provider is not in default in complying with any information request made under <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.16.html">§ 42-3502.16</a>, the housing provider may conditionally implement an adjustment of the rent charged, at the end of the 90-day period, in accordance with this paragraph.</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(2)(B)">(B)</span><span class="level-num" id="(c)(2)(B)(i)">(i)</span> The conditional adjustment of the rent charged that shall be available to the housing provider for an affected unit shall be based upon the Rent Administrator's hardship petition form completed by the housing provider and returned to the Rent Administrator.</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(2)(B)(ii)">(ii)</span> If the hardship petition form indicates that the net income of the housing provider for the affected units is negative, the conditional adjustment of the rent charged for the affected units shall not exceed 5% of the current rent charged.</p>
<p class="text-indent-4"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(2)(B)(iii)">(iii)</span> If the hardship petition form indicates that the net income of the housing provider for the affected units is positive, the housing provider may not implement a conditional adjustment of the rent charged.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(3)">(3)</span> A conditional adjustment of the rent charged shall be subject to subsequent modification by the final decision of the Rent Administrator on the petition. If a hearing has been held on the petition, the Rent Administrator shall, by order served upon the parties at least 10 days before the expiration of the 90-day period commenced pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, make a provisional finding as to the rent increase justified by the order, if any. Except to the extent modified pursuant to <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">§ 42-3502.06</a> or this section, the adjustment procedures of <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.16.html">§ 42-3502.16</a> shall apply to any adjustment.</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(4)">(4)</span> If the Rent Administrator denies the requested rent increase or approves a rent increase that is less than the amount of the conditional adjustment of the rent charged by the housing provider, the housing provider shall refund to the tenant within 21 days of the Rent Administrator's order any rent paid in excess of the amount approved by the Rent Administrator, except that the tenant may elect within 14 days of the Rent Administrator's order to apply any amount of the refund not yet refunded by the housing provider to the tenant, as a credit against future rental payments.</p>
</section>
<br/>
<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§212">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 212, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(a), 53 DCR 4889</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-197.html#§2(b)">February 18, 2017, D.C. Law 21-197, § 2(b), 63 DCR 15030</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2522.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.06.html">42-3502.06</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.13.html">42-3502.13</a>, and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.16.html">42-3502.16</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a>, in subsec. (c), substituted “rent charged” for “rent ceiling”.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>Termination of Law 6-10</p>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(a) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(b) of the Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20-430, Oct. 7, 2014, 61 DCR 10706, 20 STAT 4145).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(b) of the Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20-575, Jan. 13, 2015, 62 DCR 1068, 21 STAT 717).</p>
<p>For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(b) of the Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Emergency Amendment Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21-160, Oct. 16, 2015, 62 DCR 13722).</p>
<h4>Temporary Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(b) of the Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Temporary Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Law 20-164, February 26, 2015, 61 DCR 11095).</p>
<p>For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(b) of the Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Temporary Amendment Act of 2015 (D.C. Law 21-49, Jan. 9, 2016, 62 DCR 13990).</p>
<p>For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-169.html#§2(b)">§ 2(b) of Rent Control Hardship Petition Limitation Temporary Amendment Act of 2016 (D.C. Law 21-169, November 30, 2016, 63 DCR 12597)</a>.</p>
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<h2>§ 42–3502.13. Vacant accommodation.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> When a tenant vacates a rental unit on the tenant’s own initiative or as a result of a notice to vacate for nonpayment of rent, violation of an obligation of the tenant’s tenancy, or use of the rental unit for illegal purpose or purposes as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, the amount of rent charged may, at the election of the housing provider, be increased:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)">(1)</span> By 10% of the current allowable amount of rent charged for the vacant unit; or</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(2)">(2)</span> To the amount of rent charged for a substantially identical rental unit in the same housing accommodation; provided, that the increase shall not exceed 30% of the current lawful amount of rent charged for the vacant unit, except that no increase under this section shall be permitted unless the housing accommodation has been registered under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>(d).</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> For the purposes of this section, rental units shall be defined to be substantially identical where they contain essentially the same square footage, essentially the same floor plan, comparable amenities and equipment, comparable locations with respect to exposure and height, if exposure and height have previously been factors in the amount of rent charged, and are in comparable physical condition.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> No rent increase under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) may be sought or granted within the 12-month period following the implementation of a hardship increase under § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.12.html">42-3502.12</a>.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span> Within 15 days after of the commencement of the new tenancy, the housing provider shall disclose to the tenant on a form published by the Rent Administrator (or in another suitable format until a form is published):</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(1)">(1)</span> The applicable rent for the rental unit at the commencement of the tenancy;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(2)">(2)</span> The amount of the increases in the amount of rent charged for the rental unit during the preceding 3 years, including the basis for each increase and, if applicable, the identification of any substantially identical rental unit on which a vacancy increase is based, and the current increase in the rent charged; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(3)">(3)</span> The identification of any substantially identical rental unit on which the vacancy increase is based.</p>
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<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§213">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 213, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-192.html">Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-192, § 13(d), 33 DCR 7836</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(f), 53 DCR 4889</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2523.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.05.html">42-3502.05</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>, and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.16.html">42-3502.16</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a>, in the lead-in language to subsec. (a), substituted “the amount of rent charged may, at the election of the housing provider, be increased:” for “the rent ceiling may, at the election of the housing provider, be adjusted to either:”; in par. (a)(1), substituted “(1) By 10% of the current allowable amount of rent charged for the vacant unit; or” for “(1) The rent ceiling which would otherwise be applicable to a rental unit under this chapter plus 12% of the ceiling once per 12-month period; or”; in par. (a)(2), substituted “(2) To the amount of rent charged for a substantially identical rental unit in the same housing accommodation; provided, that the increase shall not exceed 30% of the current lawful amount of rent charged for the vacant unit” for “(2) The rent ceiling of a substantially identical rental unit in the same housing accommodation”; and added subsec. (d).</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(f) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
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<h2>§ 42–3502.14. Substantial rehabilitation.</h2>
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<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> If the Rent Administrator determines that (1) a rental unit is to be substantially rehabilitated, and (2) the rehabilitation is in the interest of the tenants of the unit and the housing accommodation in which the unit is located, the Rent Administrator may approve, contingent upon completion of the substantial rehabilitation, an increase in the rent charged for the rental unit, if the rent increase is no greater than the equivalent of 125% of the rent charged applicable to the rental unit prior to substantial rehabilitation.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> In determining whether a housing unit is to be substantially rehabilitated, the Rent Administrator shall examine the plans, specifications, and projected costs for the rehabilitation, which shall be made available to the Rent Administrator by the housing provider of the rental unit or housing accommodation to be rehabilitated.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> In determining whether substantial rehabilitation of a housing accommodation is in keeping with the interest of the tenants, the Rent Administrator shall consider, among other relevant factors:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(1)">(1)</span> The impact of the rehabilitation on the tenants of the unit or housing accommodation; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(c)(2)">(2)</span> The existing condition of the rental unit or housing accommodation and the degree to which any violations of the housing regulations in the rental unit or housing accommodation constitute an impairment of the health, welfare, and safety of the tenants.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(d)">(d)</span> This section shall apply to the following:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(1)">(1)</span> Any rental unit with respect to which a housing provider has notified the tenant, after July 17, 1985, of an intent to substantially rehabilitate; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(2)">(2)</span> Any rental unit with respect to which, before July 17, 1985:</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(2)(A)">(A)</span> The housing provider has notified the tenant of the intended substantial rehabilitation; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-3"><span class="level-num" id="(d)(2)(B)">(B)</span> All the tenants have left.</p>
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<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§214">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 214, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(a), 53 DCR 4889</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2524.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>, § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.16.html">42-3502.16</a>, and § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3505.01.html">42-3505.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a>, in subsec. (a), substituted “rent charged” for “rent ceiling”.</p>
<h4>Expiration of Law</h4>
<p>See Historical and Statutory Notes following § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.01.html">42-3502.01</a>.</p>
<h4>Emergency Legislation</h4>
<p>For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(a) of Rent Control Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-470, July 31, 2006, 53 DCR 6772).</p>
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<h2>§ 42–3502.15. Voluntary agreement.</h2>
<section>
<section class="line-group primary-content">
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(a)">(a)</span> Seventy percent or more of the tenants of a housing accommodation may enter into a voluntary agreement with the housing provider:</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(1)">(1)</span> To establish the rent charged;</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(2)">(2)</span> To alter levels of related services and facilities; and</p>
<p class="text-indent-2"><span class="level-num" id="(a)(3)">(3)</span> To provide for capital improvements and the elimination of deferred maintenance (ordinary repair).</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(b)">(b)</span> The voluntary agreement must be filed with the Rent Administrator and shall include the signature of each tenant, the number of each tenant’s rental unit or apartment, the specific amount of increased rent each tenant will pay, if applicable, and a statement that the agreement was entered into voluntarily without any form of coercion on the part of the housing provider. If approved by the Rent Administrator the agreement shall be binding on the housing provider and on all tenants, except as specified in <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.24.html#(i)(2)">§ 42-3502.24(i)(2)</a>.</p>
<p class="text-indent-1"><span class="level-num" id="(c)">(c)</span> Where the agreement filed with the Rent Administrator is to have the rent charged for all rental units in the housing accommodation adjusted by a specified percentage, the Rent Administrator shall immediately certify approval of the increase.</p>
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<section class="line-group annotations">
<p>
(<a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/6-10.html#§215">July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 215, 32 DCR 3089</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">Aug. 5, 2006, D.C. Law 16-145, § 2(a), 53 DCR 4889</a>; <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/21-239.html#§3(e)">April 7, 2017, D.C. Law 21-239, § 3(e), 64 DCR 1588</a>.)
</p>
<h4>Prior Codifications</h4>
<p>1981 Ed., § 45-2525.</p>
<h4>Section References</h4>
<p>This section is referenced in § <a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.08.html">42-3502.08</a>.</p>
<h4>Effect of Amendments</h4>
<p><a class="internal-link" href="/dc/council/laws/16-145.html">D.C. Law 16-145</a>, in par. (a)(1) and subsec. (c), substituted “rent charged” for “rent ceiling”.</p>