Interstate General Corp. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission

Petitioner, the manager of an apartment complex, challenges a decision by the Rental Housing Commission ordering a monetary refund to tenants, pursuant to the Rental Housing Act of 1977 (the “Act”), D.C.Law 2-54, D.C.Code § 45-1681 et seq. (1980 Supp.), on the ground that a loss of air conditioning in tenants' apartments during the summer months of 1979 constituted a substantial reduction in service.

Petitioner also seeks review of the Commission’s rulings that a purportedly exculpatory clause in the lease agreement did not relieve it of liability for the reduction in service, and that the…