PART V.--GENERAL STATUTES
TITLE 45
REAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 25
RENTAL HOUSING
SUBCHAPTER I
FINDINGS; PURPOSES; DEFINITIONS
Findings.
The Council of the District of Columbia finds that:
(1) There is a severe shortage of rental housing available to
citizens of the District of Columbia ("District").
(2) The shortage of housing is growing due to the withdrawal
of housing units from the housing market, deterioration of existing
housing units, and the lack of development of new or rehabilitation
of vacant housing units.
(3) The shortage of housing is felt most acutely among low-
and moderate-income renters, who are finding a shrinking pool of
available dwellings.
(4) The cost of basic accommodation is so high as to cause
undue hardship for many citizens of the District of Columbia.
(5) Many low- and moderate-income tenants need assistance to
cover basic shelter costs, but the assistance should maximize
individual choice.
(6) The Rent Stabilization Program ("Program") has
a more substantial impact upon small housing providers than on large
housing providers, and small housing providers find it more
difficult to use the administrative machinery of the Program.
(7) Many small housing providers are experiencing financial
difficulties and are in need of some special mechanisms to assist
them and their tenants.
(8) The present Rent Stabilization Program should not be
continued indefinitely and new approaches must be investigated to
prevent the withdrawal of rental housing units from the market and
the deterioration of existing rental housing units, and to increase
the rental housing supply.
(9) The housing crisis in the District has not substantially
improved since the passage of the Rental Housing Act of 1980.
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