National Capital Housing Authority v. Douglas

REILLY, Chief Judge:

This appeal raises the issue of whether or not a trial court has discretion to stay a judgment for summary possession for two years conditioned upon the tenant’s paying accrued and overdue rent in monthly installments over such period in addition to such rent as would be regularly due by reason of continuing occupancy.

Appellant is a federal agency charged with providing housing for low-income residents of the District of Columbia. 1 It entered into a month-to-month rental agreement with appellee-tenant. After this tenant had fallen more than a year behind in rent payments,…