Legal Opinion
BORGER MANAGEMENT, INC. v. Nelson-Lee
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 30, 2008No. 07-CV-406PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Rental Housing Act of 1985 requires a landlord, before suing for possession, to provide tenants with an opportunity to cure violations of tenancy obligations when six months earlier the landlord gave notice of similar violations, which the tenant cured. Appellant Borger Management invites us to read the statutory language broadly and require only one notice to cure before a landlord may issue a notice to quit for a subsequent violation, even if the tenant has cured within the thirty-day cure period. We conclude that once prior violations have been…
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