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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand-- you say you just want him out but you also say that for months you've been ignoring the advice on how to get him out?[/quote]

[b]I thought the process would be over by 2024 because of the lease ending. [/b]My property manager suggested I pay him back in May when we were waiting for payment from the program. It sounds like even an illegal eviction would be cheaper.

To answer your question, I didn’t like the idea of this guy being able to do this continuously to other landlords. I’m likely here because someone paid him to leave after all.[/quote]

If your property manager didn't explain to you that in DC leases automatically go month to month and what that means (the tenant, but not the landlord, can terminate with 30 days' notice) then they aren't very good at their job,  or you didn't understand them. Property managers often know less about DC landlord-tenant law than they should. This is a good lesson to other people who want to be landlords in DC, many of whom get surprised by their [lack of] options when a tenant misbehaves.

Also, RAD is Rental Accommodations Division. Did you register there along with getting your BBL? Are you exempt from rent control?

If you are really going to owner-occupy for a year, that could be part of the eviction case. But don't fake it--judges are understandably skeptical of this issue. [/quote]

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