Washington Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission

NEWMAN, Associate Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether a tenant of a defaulting deed of trust debtor becomes a tenant of the purchaser at the trustee’s sale within the meaning of the Rental Housing Act (RHA) of 1980. D.C.Code § 45-1561 (1981). We agree with the ruling of the Rental Housing Commission (RHC) that they do. We affirm. 1

The facts in addition to those above which are relevant to this opinion are set forth in the previous chapter of this litigation, Washington Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Whiteside, 488 A.2d 936 (D.C.1985). In essence, Washington Federal…