Legal Opinion
Dyer v. D.C. Department of Housing & Community Development
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 17, 1982No. 81-1014PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*969KERN, Associate Judge:
On September 10, 1980, the Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act of 1980, D.C.Law 3-86, (hereinafter “the Act”) went into effect.1 The stated purpose of the Act was:
To discourage the displacement of tenants through conversion or sale of rental property, and to strengthen the bargaining position of tenants toward that end without unduly interfering with the rights of property owners. [D.C.Code 1981, § 45-1602.]
Petitioners sought from respondent an exemption from the provisions of the Act in order to sell as condominium units their property which tenants occupied on the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Aviation Consumer Action Project v. C. Langhorne WashburnCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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