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Subchapter I - Findings; Purposes; Definitions
§ 42–3401.01. Findings - (a) The Council of the District of Columbia finds that:...
§ 42–3401.02. Purposes - In enacting this chapter, the Council of the District of...
§ 42–3401.03. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Accessory dwelling...
§ 42–3401.04. Applicability of Rental Housing Act of 1985 - For purposes of this chapter, the provisions of § 42-3505.01(n)...
Subchapter II - Conversion Procedures
§ 42–3402.01. Short title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Conversion of Rental...
§ 42–3402.02. Conversions - (a) Prerequisite. — (1) An owner shall not convert a...
§ 42–3402.03. Tenant election - (a) Notice by owner. — An owner who seeks to...
§ 42–3402.04. Conversion fee - (a) Definitions. — For the purposes of this section, the...
§ 42–3402.05. Certification fee - An owner who seeks to convert must pay the Mayor...
§ 42–3402.05a. Application fees - (a) The Mayor may impose and collect fees for the...
§ 42–3402.06. Cooperative conversion - (a) Notice. — An owner shall provide each tenant with...
§ 42–3402.08. Tenancy of elderly tenants and tenants with disabilities - (a) Eviction limited. — (1) For the purposes of this...
§ 42–3402.09. Property tax abatement - The Mayor shall not require the owner of a converted...
§ 42–3402.10. Exceptions to coverage of subchapter; expiration provisions - (a) This subchapter shall remain in effect until the Mayor...
§ 42–3402.11. Retroactive conversion - With respect to conversions of housing accommodations by owners or...
Subchapter III - Relocation Assistance
§ 42–3403.01. Short title - This subchapter may be cited as the ‘Relocation and Housing...
§ 42–3403.02. Relocation payment - (a) Required. — If an owner converts a housing accommodation...
§ 42–3403.03. Relocation services - The Mayor shall provide relocation assistance to low-income tenants who...
§ 42–3403.04. Housing assistance payments - (a) Required. — If an owner converts a housing accommodation...
§ 42–3403.05. Payments not subject to District tax - Relocation and housing assistance payments are not income to the...
§ 42–3403.06. Tenant rights - The Mayor shall include tenant rights to relocation payments, relocation...
§ 42–3403.07. Housing Assistance Fund. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Sept. 10, 1980, D.C. Law 3-86, § 307, 27...
§ 42–3403.08. Information and technical assistance - The Mayor shall establish an office to coordinate programs of...
§ 42–3403.09. Expiration provisions - This subchapter shall remain in effect until the Mayor declares...
Subchapter IV - Opportunity to Purchase
§ 42–3404.01. Short title - This subchapter may be cited as the "Tenant Opportunity to...
§ 42–3404.02. Tenant opportunity to purchase; “sale” defined - (a) Before an owner of a housing accommodation may sell...
§ 42–3404.02a. Registration of a tenant organization - In a housing accommodation of 5 or more units, the...
§ 42–3404.03. Offer of sale - The owner shall provide each tenant a written copy of...
§ 42–3404.04. Third party rights - The right of a third party to purchase an accommodation...
§ 42–3404.05. Contract negotiation - (a) Bargaining in good faith. — The tenant and owner...
§ 42–3404.06. Exercise or assignment of rights - The tenant may exercise rights under this subchapter in conjunction...
§ 42–3404.07. Waiver of rights - An owner shall not request, and a tenant may not...
§ 42–3404.08. Right of first refusal - In addition to any and all other rights specified in...
§ 42–3404.09. Single-family accommodations - (a) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to...
§ 42–3404.10. Accommodations with 2 through 4 units - The following provisions apply to accommodations with 2 through 4...
§ 42–3404.11. Accommodations with 5 or more units - The following provisions apply to accommodations with 5 or more...
§ 42–3404.12. Exceptions to coverage of subchapter; expiration provisions - Sections 42-3404.02, 42-3404.04, 42-3404.05, 42-3404.06, 42-3404.07, 42-3404.09(c)(5), 42-3404.10(3) and (4)...
§ 42–3404.13. Notice to convert; offer to sell - (a) Every tenant of a housing accommodation which the declarant...
§ 42–3404.14. TOPA Application Assistance Pilot Program - (a) For Fiscal Year 2017, there is established a TOPA...
Subchapter IV-A - District’s Opportunity to Purchase
§ 42–3404.31. District’s opportunity to purchase certain housing accommodations - (a) Before an owner of a housing accommodation may sell...
§ 42–3404.32. Limitations on the District’s opportunity to purchase - (a) The District’s opportunity to purchase shall be subordinate to...
§ 42–3404.33. Limitations on the District as purchaser of a housing accommodation - (a) If the District, or an assignee, purchases a housing...
§ 42–3404.34. Procedure for District to effectuate purchase - (a) The Mayor shall have not less than 150 days...
§ 42–3404.35. Rights of tenants not abrogated - No provision of this subchapter shall abrogate the rights of...
§ 42–3404.36. Assignment of District rights - The Mayor may assign the opportunity to purchase provided under...
§ 42–3404.37. Rules - Within 60 days of December 24, 2008, the Mayor, pursuant...
Subchapter V - Implementation and Enforcement
§ 42–3405.01. Rule making; publication requirements - (a) The Mayor shall issue rules for the implementation of...
§ 42–3405.02. Time periods - If a time period running under this chapter ends on...
§ 42–3405.03. Civil cause of action - An aggrieved owner, tenant, or tenant organization may seek enforcement...
§ 42–3405.03a. Declaratory relief - (a) An aggrieved owner, tenant, or tenant organization may petition...
§ 42–3405.03b. Choice of forum; standard of review - (a) The rights provided under §§ 42-3405.03 and 42-3405.03a are...
§ 42–3405.04. Notice of rejection - If the Mayor determines to reject an application by a...
§ 42–3405.05. Investigations - (a) The Mayor may make necessary public or private investigations...
§ 42–3405.06. Enforcement - (a) The Mayor shall have the power to enforce this...
§ 42–3405.07. Revocation - (a) A certificate issued pursuant to § 42-3402.02(a), an exemption...
§ 42–3405.08. Administrative proceedings - (a) Any proceeding provided in § 42-3405.04, § 42-3405.06, or...
§ 42–3405.09. Judicial review - (a) After the issuance of a final decision and order...
§ 42–3405.10. Penalties - Any person who wilfully violates any provision of this chapter...
§ 42–3405.10a. Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act Task Force - (a) The Mayor shall establish a Rental Housing Conversion and...
§ 42–3405.11. Statutory construction - The purposes of this chapter favor resolution of ambiguity by...
§ 42–3405.12. Declaration of continuing housing crisis - (a) Within 1 month of the first annual anniversary date...
§ 42–3405.13. Severability - If any provision of this chapter, or any section, clause,...