Washington D.C. Council Bill 230972 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on October 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-11-16 - Public Hearing Held
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

As introduced Bill 23-972 authorizes the Rental Housing Commission to determine the annual guaranteed profit margin applicable to rent surcharges authorized by a hardship petition. It caps annual hardship petition increases to 5% and requires the Rent Administrator to review a hardship petition and to issue the housing provider and affected tenants an audit report and recommendations for the final disposition of the hardship petition within 60 days of submission. It establishes the rebuttable presumption that a housing provider has filed a petition in bad faith under certain circumstances. It establishes penalties and fines for housing providers that attempt to collect or collect a hardship rent surcharge without the prior approval of a petition or after it has expired.

Hardship Petition Reform Amendment Act of 2020

Cnc. Anita Bonds [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-16	Council	Public Hearing Held
2020-11-09	Council	Public Hearing Held
2020-10-30	Council	Notice of Public Hearing Published in the DC Register
2020-10-23	Council	Notice of Public Hearing Published in the DC Register
2020-10-22	Council	Notice of Public Hearing Published in the DC Register
2020-10-20	Council	Referred to Committee on Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization
2020-10-16	Council	Notice of Public Hearing Published in the DC Register
2020-10-16	Council	Notice of Intent to Act on B23-0972 Published in the DC Register
2020-10-08	Council	Introduced in Office of the Secretary

Type	Source
Summary	https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B23-0972
Text	https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/45806/Introduction/B23-0972-Introduction.pdf