Beckwith v. Klein

HOOD, Associate Judge.

When the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of December 2, 1941, as amended and extended, was again amended and extended by the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of 1951, it was provided that a landlord could obtain possession of housing accommodations if: “The landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession for the immediate purpose of discontinuing the housing use and occupancy for a continuous period of not less than six months, during which period, commencing on the date possession is recovered under this subsection, it shall be unlawful for the owner…