Joyce v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission

FARRELL, Associate Judge.

A hearing examiner of the Rental Accommodations and Conversion Division (RACD) awarded relief to tenants who had alleged violations of the Rental Housing Act by petitioner, a housing provider under the Act. The issue before us is whether the RACD abused its discretion in denying petitioner’s motion to vacate and re-issue the examiner’s decision on the ground that petitioner had not been properly served with it, and so had lost the right to timely appeal the decision to the Rental Housing Commission (RHC). After protracted interim proceedings that we need not recount,…