Miller v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

The District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission (RHC or the Commission) upheld a finding of statutory retaliation by a housing provider against tenant-petitioner Mark S. Miller.1 See D.C.Code § 42-3505.02 (2001). The RHC went on, however, to vacate a fine of $2,090 which the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) had imposed as a sanction because, in the RHC’s view, the ALJ had “failed to make findings of fact or conclusions of law on whether the housing provider acted willfully as is required by the [fine provision] of the [Rental Housing] Act.” Miller now petitions for…