Section 14-4401. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

 

4401.1Each tenant displaced by actions taken under §§ 501(f), (g), (h), and (i) of the Act is entitled to relocation expenses provided by the housing provider pursuant to the provisions of Title VII of the Act.

 

4401.2Tenants who should have received a notice of the right to relocation payments, but who did not receive the notice, are entitled to receive money for moving costs in accordance with the requirements of § 703 of the Act.

 

4401.3If more than one (1) tenant is living in a rental unit or if the rental unit is rented to one (1) or more subtenants, the relocation money shall be payable to the tenant or subtenants bearing the cost of removing the majority of the furnishings.

 

4401.4The housing provider who sends to the tenant the notice required under Title VII of the Act is the one who shall pay the tenant the required relocation money.

 

4401.5Payment of money to the tenant shall be in the form of cash, money order, or certified check payable to the tenant.

 

4401.6The amount of the relocation payments and the time at which they shall be paid to each tenant shall conform to § 703 of the Act.

 

4401.7No payment of relocation assistance shall be made with respect to any rental unit that is the subject of an outstanding judgment for possession obtained by the housing provider or housing provider’s predecessor in interest against the tenants or subtenants.

 

4401.8Where an outstanding judgment for possession is based upon non-payment of rent and arises after the notice has been given, the housing provider shall pay relocation assistance in an amount reduced by the amount determined by the court rendering the judgment for possession to be due and owing to the housing provider.

 

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 1336, 1423 (March 7, 1986).