District of Columbia v. Suydam

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

After defendant-appellee and her husband, occupants of a publicly-subsidized housing unit, ceased paying rent, the Dis trict of Columbia government (the District) served them with a statutory notice to vacate. Defendant then informed the District that her husband had left the premises and, as required by regulations, signed a new lease for the unit listing her as the sole head of household and reducing the rent, but otherwise leaving the terms of the previous lease unchanged. Defendant contends that by executing the new lease, the District relinquished its right to…