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AN ACT IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To amend the Rental Housing Act of 1985 to provide for expedited review of eviction proceedings stemming from a dangerous crime or crime of violence, to grant courts discretion to determine when equities require the dismissal of a claim by a housing provider, to reduce the pre-filing notice period in cases seeking eviction for nonpayment, and to update procedures for pre-filing notice to tenants in eviction cases; to amend Chapter 15 of Title 16 of the District of Columbia Official Code to reduce a pre-eviction- hearing summons period, to provide courts that hear eviction cases with discretion not to dismiss cases for certain deficiencies, and to update processes for the deposit of rental payments into the court registry during eviction cases for nonpayment; to amend the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act of 1980 to reorganize various existing provisions, to clarify the applicability of the act in circumstances such as the disposition of intestate decedents’ property, to allow for the entry and exit of non-controlling investors in property ownership entities without triggering the act, to exempt new construction for the 15 years after construction and certain covenanted affordable housing projects from the act, to establish a system of certified tenant support providers, to streamline tenant notice provisions and consolidate certain tenant grievance procedures, to establish protections from interference in the act’s processes and enforcement mechanisms, to require the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop certain form documents and receive filings of certain processes, to establish permissible consideration for tenant assignment of their rights under the act, and to direct the Department of Housing and Community Development to maintain a public database; to amend Chapter 48 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code to clarify the applicability of recent changes to the District low-income housing tax credit program; to amend the Inclusionary Zoning Implementation Amendment Act to facilitate the resale of units; to amend the District of Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999 to revise the structure of the board of the Authority, to modify the schedule for annual financial accountability reports, to provide flexibility for board and executive director training, to update the public housing resident bill of rights, and to add protections for residents whose public housing properties undergo federal subsidy repositioning; to amend the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 to adjust Housing Authority board stipends; and to amend the Confirmation Act of 1978 to conform terminology regarding the RE-ENROLLED ORIGINAL Housing Authority board.

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Phil Mendelson (D)*, 

Law L26-0080, Effective from Dec 31, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 000613 (on 01/23/2026)

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