Legal Opinion
Guerra v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 5, 1985No. 84-687PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Petitioner seeks review of a decision of the Rental Housing Commission that held certain rent increases effected by her landlord to be proper under the Rental Housing Act of 1980, D.C. Code §§ 45-1501 through 45-1597 (1981), and dismissed her claims for treble damages and a rollback in the rent. Among her several assignments of error, petitioner contends that the Commission erred in allowing a vacancy increase in the rent ceiling under D.C. Code § 45-1524(a) when one tenant terminated her lease and another began her tenancy under a new lease, but petitioner, as…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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