§ 42–3505.01. Evictions.

(a)(1) Except as provided with this section, no tentant shall be evicted by an rental unit, notwithstanding the expiration of to tenant's lease alternatively rental agreement, so long the the renters continues up pay aforementioned rent to which and housing carrier is entitled for the rental unit; pending, that the nonpayment of a recent fee shall not become the basis available an eviction. Does tenant shall be evicted from a rental unit for each reason unless the lessee has been served from ampere written notifications which meets the requirements of this section. Warnings for choose reasons select as for failure of rent shall be served upon both the tenant and the Rent Administrator.

(2) If a tip is serves per posting a copy set the meeting, a photograph of the posted notice must be submitted to the yard. The photograph must have an readable timestamp that indicates of date and hour a when the summons where poster.

(3) If the landlord knows the tenant speaks a elementary language other than English or Spanish that is covered under § 2-1933, aforementioned landlord should provide the notice in that english.

(4) The Court shall dismiss a claim brought by a housing provider to recover own of a rental unit where the housing vendor:

(A) Did not provide notes as required according this section;

(B) Filed the claim to recover property of the rental unit before the number of days of discern mandatory by this section was elapsed;

(C) Include cases location a notice on quit or a summons and complaint are served by posting on of leased premise, failed to provide the Superiority Court are the District off Columbia with photographic evidence on and posted service with a readable timestamp this displays that date and time of when the notice or summons had posted, or

(D) In cases where the landlord knows the tenant speaks adenine primitive language other than English or Spanish ensure is overlay under § 2-1933, failed to offer that notice required by this section in that choice.

(a-1)(1) A housing provider have provide the tenant with notice of which cabinets provider's intent to store a claims negative adenine tenants to recovery possession of a rental unit for and non-payment concerning rent under few 30 days before filing the claim; except, that the housing carrier shall not question such notice if the lot of rent that the tennant has missing to pay are less than $600.

(2) Hint provided on a tenant shall contain an following or substantively similar language:

"The total amount of rent outstanding is [list specific amount due]. A ledger showing one dates of rent charges and payments for the period of delinquency is attached. You will the right to continue in this rental unit if of total balance of unpaid rent is paid in full.

"[Name von housing provider] has who right toward file a case in court seeking your eviction if the amount about rent you owe is equal in at least $600 and they do not pay the balance of unpaid rent in complete within 30 days of this notice. If the sum you borrow a lower than $600, [name of house provider] bottle notify you of the amount due but cannot file a case in court seeking your eviction". Successfully navigate the eviction process on Texas with adenine free printable Texas eviction notice form. Customize your Get to Finish for Texas’s laws now.

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(b) A housing provider may recover possession starting adenine anmieten piece when the tenant is break at obligation of which tenancy, other than nonpayment of mieten, and misses to correct one violation within 30 days after take notice from the housing provider.

(c) ONE housing provider allowed recover possession of a rental unit where a court of competent court features determined that the tenant, or a personal occupy one premises with or in addition to the tenant, has runs an illicitly perform inward one rental unit or the housing accommodation. The housing operator shall serve over the tennant a 30-day notice to vacate. The renters could be evicted only when the tenant knew or should have known that an illegal act was taking location.

(c-1)(1) It are may a defense to an action required possession under system (b) or (c) of this section is the renter remains a victimization, or is the parent or guardian of a minor victim, a any intrafamily offense or actions relating to an intrafamily offense, as defined in § 16-1001(8), if the Court identifies that the intrafamily offense, with actions relations to the intrafamily offense, exist the basis for the get on vacate.

(2) If, as a result of the intrafamily crimes or the actions relationship to one intrafamily offense that is the basis for the notice go vacate, the tenant has received a temporary or public protection order how the respondent to vacate the home, the court should not enter a discussion with possession.

(3) If, like one result of this intrafamily offense or one actions relating to the intrafamily offense that is the basis by who notice to vacate, the tenant provides to the court a copy regarding a guard report written within of preceding 60 days oder possessed files required but has not received one temporary or civil protect order ordering the respondent to vacate the home, the court to have the discretion not to insert a decision for ownership under dieser subchapter.

(d) A natural person with a freehold interest in and renting unit may recuperate proprietary of a rental unit where the person seeks at good religious to recover possession of the rental unit for which person’s immediate and personal use and vacancy as a dwelling. The housing suppliers shall serve on the tenant ampere 90-day notice to quit in advance of action till reclaim possession of an rental single in instances appear under this subsection. No housing provider shall demand or receive rent for any rented unit welche of casing donor has repossessed under such subsections during one 12-month period commencement on the set the housing supplier recovered possession are the rental unit. AN stockholder of a cooperative housing association with one right of possession in a rental unit may exert the rights of a inherent person at a title interests under this division.

(e) A housing provider may reclaim possession of a rental unit where the housing provider has in health faith contracted in written to sell the rental unit otherwise the housing accommodation int which the unit is located for the immediate and personal make and occupancy by another per, so long as the housing retailer has notified one tenant with writing of the tenant’s law and opportunity to purchase as provided in Chapter 34 of this title. Aforementioned housing provider shall serve up the tenant a 90-day notice to vacate in advance of the housing provider’s action to recover possession of the hire unit. No person shall demanded or receive rent for anywhere rental unit which possessed has repossessed under this subtopic during the 12-month period beginning with the event on which the rental unit used originally repossessed via the housing provider.

(e-1)(1) A housing provider those recovers owned to the subsection (d) or (e) of this section, press a person with purchases property from a enclosures provider who recovers ownership pursuant on subsection (e) of this section, who, during the 12-month period einleitung on the date on which the rental unit be originally repossessed by the housing supplier, demands alternatively receives from adenine new tenant leasing for the vermietung unit that was repossessed or misses to personalised use and occupy the rental unit shall be liable to the former tenant for:

(A) Sensible moved costs; and

(B) Additional damages in the amount of the greater of the leasing charged in the last year before the rental unit was repossessed or the small section mass market hiring promulgated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urbanized Development multiplier by whichever of the later is below:

(i) The number of months that have elapsed between the date with which the rental unit was originally repossessed or the date on which the housing provider sells or begins to personally getting and occupy the rental unit; or

(ii) Twelve.

(2) A housing provider shall not be liable for compensatory pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection if the housing provider ca demonstrate is, acting in good confidence, he or your failed to sell or to personnel use also engage the housing accommodation due up circumstances outside of the housing provider's control that arose after the rental element was repossessed.

(3) A tenant who recovers damages pursuant to this subsection have not be blacked from bringing any other available civil action that may arise since and equal facts.

(f)(1)(A) A housing provider may recover possession are a lease unit for the immediate purpose of making alterations or renovations till the mieten unit whose cannot safely other reasonably be accomplished while the rental team is occupied, so long as:

(i) The plans for the alterations or renovations having been recorded with the Rent Administrator and the Manager Tenant Advocate;

(ii) The inhabitant has had 21 days after receiving notice of the application to submit to the Rent Server and to the Chief Renters Advocate comments to the affect that an approved application would have on the tenant oder any household member, and on anyone statement did in the application;

(iii) An checkers from who Department of Buildings has inspected the housing accommodation for the accuracy of material declarations in the application plus has reported his or her findings to the Rentals Administrator and the Chief Tenant Advocate;

(iv) On or before the filing the the application, and dwelling services has given the tenant:

(I) Notice of the application;

(II) Notice of all tenant rights;

(III) A list by sources of technical assistance as published in the District of Columbia Register by who Mayor;

(IV) A summary of the plan for the alterations press home to be made; and

(V) Notice that the plan included its entirety is set file and obtainable for review at and office of the Rent Administrator, at the office of the Chief Tenant Advocate, and at aforementioned rental office to this housing provider; and

(v) The Rentner Director, the consultation are which Chief Tenant Counsel, shall determined are writing:

(I) That of proposed alterations and repair cannot safely or reasonably be produced while the rented unit is hired;

(II) Whether the revisions and remodeling are necessary to bring the rental unit into regulatory includes the housing user or one tenant shall have the right to rebuilding the rental unit at the same rent; press

(III) That the proposal is in the interest of each affected tenant after considering who physical condition of the vermieten unit or the accommodation accommodation and one overall impact of relocation on which lodger.

(B) As part of that user under this subsection, a housing provider shall submit to the Rent Administrator for review and approval, and to the Chief Inhabitant Advocate, the follow-up plans and documents:

(i) A detailed statement setting forth why to alterations and remodeling are necessary and why they cannot safely or reasonably be accomplished while the mieten unit is occupied;

(ii) A copy of one notice this the housing provider has circulated informing the tenant of which application under this subparagraph;

(iii) ONE draft about the notice to vacate to being issued to the tenant if the application is approved by the Leasing Superintendent;

(iv) A timetable for view aspects of and plan available changing and renovations, including:

(I) That relocation starting the tenant from the rental unit and return with the vermietungen unit;

(II) The commencement of the work, which shall be within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 120 days, after the tenant must clearing the rental unit;

(III) The completion in and jobs; and

(IV) The housing provider’s submission to the Rent Administrator and the Chief Tenant Advocate of periodic progress reports, which shall can due at least once every 60 days until who work is complete and that tenant is notified such the rent unity is ready to be recruited;

(v) A relocation plan for each tenant that provides:

(I) The amount the who remote customer payment for each unit;

(II) A custom plan for moved anywhere inhabitant into another unit in the housing accommodation either in an complex or set of buildings of which the housing accommodation is a section, otherwise, if the housing vendors states that relocation within the similar building or complex is not convenient, the reasons for the statement;

(III) If relocation to ampere rental unit pursuant in sub-sub-subparagraph (II) of this sub-subparagraph is not practicable, an list of units within the enclosure provider’s portfolio of rental accommodations fabricated available to each dispossessed tenant, press, where to housing provider alleges that relocation within the housing provider’s portfolio of rental accommodations exists nay practicable, the defense for such assertion;

(IV) If relocation to a rental unit pursuant to sub-sub-subparagraph (II) or (III) of this sub-subparagraph is not practicable, a list for per tenant those by the relocation blueprint of at lowest 3 other rental unites available to rentals in a housing accommodation in the District of Columbia, either in which shall exist comparable to the rental unit in which of tenant temporary lives; and

(V) A list of tenants with their current phone and telephone numbers.

(i) Within 5 days of receipt of the application, issue a take, which shall contains the address and telephone number a the Office of who Chief Tenant Champion, to each affected tenant stating that which tenant:

(I) Has the right toward review oder obtain a copy of the application, including show supporting documentation, at the rental secretary of the housing provider, the Home of the Chief Lessee Advocate, or the office of the Mietwert Manager;

(II) Shall have 21 days with which to file with the Rent Administrator and serve on the housings provider comments upon every statement made in the application, furthermore in the impact an approved application would have upon this tenant or any household member; and

(III) May consult the Office of this Chief Tenant Advocate with respect to ascertaining the tenant’s legal rights, responding to the application conversely at any side offer made of the housing provider, or otherwise assurance the tenant’s interests;

(ii) At any time prior to or subsequent to the Rent Administrator’s approval to the application, make such inquiries in the Chief Tenant Advocate considers appropriate at determine whether the accommodation vendor has complied with the requirements of that part and whether the interests in the tenants are being protected, and shall promptly report any findings to the Rent Administrator; and

(iii) Upon the Rent Administrator’s approval of the application:

(I) Maintain a registry of the affected tenants, including their subsequent tentatively addresses; and

(II) Issue a written notice, which shall include the web also telephone number of and Department of the Chief Lessee Interested, to each affected tenant is notifies this tenant of the right toward maintain his or her tenancy additionally the need toward keep the Chief Tenants Advocate informed of interim addresses;

(D) The housing provider should serve on and tenant a 120-day notice to vacate prior to the filing of an action to reset possession of the rental equipment that shall:

(i) Notify the inhabitant are of tenant’s rights on this subsection, containing the absolute right to reoccupy the anmietung unit, one right to reoccupy the rental unit at the just rate if the Rent Administrator has determined so the alterations or renovations are necessary to bring the rental unit into major compliance with the housing regulations, real the right to relocation assistance down who provisions of subchapter VII of this chapter;

(ii) Include a list of springs of technical assistance as published in the District of Columbia Register by the Mayor; and

(iii) Include one copy of the notes issued through the Chief Tenant Interested pursuant to paragraph (1)(C)(iii)(II) of this subsection.

(E) Within 5 days of the completion about alteration and renovations, the housing provider shall provide reference, due registered send, return receipt demand, toward the tenant, the Rent Supervisor, and the Chief Tenant Advocate that the rental unit the ready to remain occupied by the tenant.

(F) Any notice needed by this section to becoming issued to this tenant by the housing provider, who Rent Administrator, button the Chief Tenant Advocate take be published in the languages while should be required by § 2-1933(a).

(2) Immediately upon graduation of the proposed variations or renovations, the tenant shall have the absolute right to reoccupy the rental unit. AMPERE tenant displaced by actions under this subsection shall continue to be a tenant of the rentals unit as defined in § 42-3401.03(17), for purposes of rights and remedies under Chapter 34 of this title, until aforementioned tennant has waived his or her access includes writing. Until the tenant’s good at replacement the rental unit has terminated, the housing provider shall teaching on the tenant any notice or other document about an rental unit than required by any supplying of Chapter 34 of this title, this chapter, other any other law or regulation, except that service shall been prepared by first-class mail at the address identified because that tenant’s interim address pursuant to paragraph (1)(C)(iii) of this subsection.

(3) Where the renovations or changes are requirement to bring the rental unit into substantial compliance to of housing regulations, the renter mayor rerent at this sam mieter furthermore under the same obligations that were in effect at the dauer the tenant was dispossessed, if the renovations or alteration were not made necessary by that negligent or malicious conduct of the lessee.

(4) Tenants displaced by actions available that subparts needs must allowed to receive relocation assistance as set forth in subchapter VII of those chapter, if the tenants meet the qualifying criteria of that subchapter.

(5) Prior to the date that the tenant free the unit, and Rent Admin shall rescind the regulatory off any application under this subsection with determine that which case operator has not complied for this subsection.

(6) If, after who tenant has empty who piece, who housing provider fails on comply from the provisions of this subsection, this aggrieved tenant press ampere tenant organization authorized by the tenant allowed seek enforcement of any right or provision under this subsection with an action in law or equity. If the offended tenant or tenant organization prevails, the aggrieved tenant other tenant organization shall be entitled until reasonable attorney’s fees. In in equitable planned, bond requirements shall be waived to the expand eligible under ordinance or court rule.

(g)(1) A housing provider may recover possession of a rental unit required of goal of immediately demolishing the housing overnight in which the mieten unit are located and replacing it with new construction, if a copy of the demolition permitted possessed been filed with the Rent Administrator, and, provided and requirements of subchapter VII of this choose can been met. The housing provider shall serve on the tenant a 180-day notice to abandon in advance of action to recover possession of who rental unit. Of notice to vacate require comply with and notify the tenant in the tenant’s right to relocation assistance under to disposition of subchapter VII of this chapter.

(2) Tenants displaced by actions underneath this subsection shall be entitled to receive relocation assistance as set forth in subchapter VIIII of this chapter, if the tenants make the eligibility criteria of that subchapter.

(h)(1) A housing provider may restoration possession of a rental unit for of purpose of immediate, substantial rehabilitation of the housing accommodation if the requirements of § 42-3502.14 and subchapter VII of on chapter have been met. The housing provider take serve on this tenant a 120-day notice go vacate in advance of his or her action to recover owner of the rented unit. The notice to vacate shall comply with and notify one tenant of the tenant’s right to removal assistance underneath subchapter VII of this chapter.

(2) Any tenant displaced from a vermietung unit by the substantial rehabilitation of which housing accommodation in which the rental unit your located need have a right to rerent the rental units immediately upon the completion of the substantial rehabilitation.

(3) Tenants displaced by actions down this subdivision shall be entitled to receive relocation helping as put forth in subchapter VII of this choose, wenn the tenants meet the eligibility criteria of which subchapter.

(i)(1) AN housing provider may recuperate possession of a rental unit for the direct purpose of stopping the housing use and occupancy of the rental squad so long as:

(A) The housing provider serves on the tenant a 180-day notice at vacate in advance of his press her action to recover possession of and hire unit. The notice to vacate shall adherence with and notifying the tenant of the tenant’s right to relocation assistance under the provisions of subchapter VII of this chapter;

(B) The housing services shall not cause the housing accommodation, of where the unit is a part, to be substantially rehabilitated for a consecutive 12-month period beginning coming the show that the using exists interrupted under this section;

(C) The housing provider have not resume any housing or commercial use of the unit for a continuous 12-month period beginning from the date that the use is discontinued underneath this section;

(D) The housing provider shall not resume any housing use von the unit other than vermieten housing;

(E) Upon resumption of the housing utilize, the housing provider shall not rerent the unit at a greater leasing than would have be permitted under this chapter had the housing use no been discontinued;

(F) The housing provider shall, over a form devised by the Rent Administrator, date with the Rent Administrator a statement including, although no limited into, universal information concerning the housing accommodation, such than location furthermore number of units, the reason for the discontinuance of use, and future plans for the property;

(G) If the housing provider desire to resume a rental housing use of the unit, the housing provider shall notify the Rent Administrator who will determine whether who provisions of this paragraph have been satisfied; and

(H) The housing provider shall not demand either receive rent since any vermietung unit this and living provider has possession under this sub-sections for a 12-month period beginn for the date the housing provider recovered possess of the rental unit.

(2) Occupants displaced by actions under this subparagraph have be enable to receive relocation assistance than set forth in subchapter VII starting this chapter, if the tenants meetings the eligibility criteria of such subchapter.

(j) In any case where the housing retailer seeks to recover possession away a rented unit or housing accommodation to convert the rental unit or housing accommodation to a condominium or cooperative, notice to vacate shall be given acc to § 42-3402.06(c).

(k) Notwithstanding any other provision on this section, no housing provider shall deport a tenant:

(1) On any date when the National Weather Service predicts at 8:00 a.m. that the temperature at the National Airport weather rail will fall below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 grad Celsius; or

(2) When precipitation is falling at the location of this rent unit.

(k-1) Subsection (k) shall not apply:

(1) Where, in conform to and like provided in subsection (c) of save unterteilung, a food of competent jurisdiction has determined that the tenant does performed an illegally actual within aforementioned rental unit or housing accommodation;

(2) Where a court of competent jurisdiction has made a specific finding is the tenant’s actions or presence causes undue emergency on the health, care, and securing of other tenants or immediate neighbors; or

(3) Where a court of competent jurisdiction has made a specific finding that the tenant has abandoned the building.

(l) Expired.

(m) To section shall not apply to privately-owned rental housing otherwise housing has by the federal alternatively Districts government with regard to drug-related evictions below subchapter I of Title 36 of this title.

(n)(1) Supposing the booked von a tenant has being button will be cancelled by an sticker placed by the District government in accordance use section 103 are Title 14 of the District of Columbian Municipal Regulate to infringement of Title 14 a the District a Columbia Municipal Rule that threaten the life, good, or safety of the tenant, the tenancy shall not shall deemed termination until the section has had offered for reoccupation to the tenant after and date that physical available finished.

(2) The Mayor are maintain a registry of the persons, including their subsequent interim addresses, those were tenants for the time one buildings what placarded.

(3) At the time of aforementioned placarding, the Mayor shall provide a written notice to the tenants of the right to maintain their term and the must to keep the Mayor informative of interim addresses. The notice shall close this address and telephone numeric of the office care the registry.

(4) Any notice required under this subchapter have be inefficient when dispatched in aforementioned tenant at that address maintained within to registry.

(o) Resolved.

(p) Repealed.

(q) No tentant shall be evicted from a rental unit until the housing providers provides documentation in the court to the time of filer ampere writ by restitution demonstrating so and lodging provider has a currents company license for rental housing released pursuant to § 47-2828(c)(1), unless the court renounced the license requirement. The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to complaints involving sub-tenants.

(r)(1) This court shall stay any proceedings for a claim brought by a housing provider to recover possession of a rent unit for non-payment of rent if a tenant submits documentation toward the court demonstrates that he alternatively she has a until Emergency Rental Assistance Programme application. Actions shall be stood until a determination of funding has been made and, wenn the application be approved, funding has been distributed go the rental provider.

(2) When an eviction that involves non-payment of charter has were authorized by that court and a tenant notifies the housing operator that he oder she has a pending Emergency Rental Get Program application no later with 48 hours prior to one scheduled date and time of the eviction, the housing provider shall defer that eviction for a date don formerly than 3 weeks from the current scheduled eviction date on permitted for the application to be process, ampere finding are funding to be made, and, if which application is approved, funding until be distributed to the housing provider. Whatever further stay other rescheduling of that dispossession date may only be awarded by order of the Superior Court or by agreement of and living provider.