{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3401.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-3401.02","heading":"Purposes.","body":"In enacting this chapter, the Council of the District of Columbia supports the following statutory purposes:\n\n(1)\nTo discourage the displacement of tenants through conversion or sale of rental property, and to strengthen the bargaining position of tenants toward that end without unduly interfering with the rights of property owners to the due process of law;\n\n(2)\nTo preserve rental housing which can be afforded by lower income tenants in the District;\n\n(3)\nTo prevent lower income elderly tenants and tenants with disabilities from being involuntarily displaced when their rental housing is converted;\n\n(4)\nTo provide incentives to owners, who convert their rental housing, to enable lower income non-elderly tenants and tenants without disabilities to continue living in their current units at costs they can afford;\n\n(5)\nTo provide relocation housing assistance for lower income tenants who are displaced by conversions;\n\n(6)\nTo encourage the formation of tenant organizations;\n\n(6a)\nTo balance and, to the maximum extent possible, meet the sometimes conflicting goals of creating homeownership for lower income tenants, preserving affordable rental housing, and minimizing displacement; and\n\n(7)\nTo authorize necessary actions consistent with the findings and purposes of this chapter.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 34. Rental Housing Conversion and Sale.","Subchapter I. Findings; Purposes; Definitions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3401.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"79839135fdd28e55ce4eb828ebcea260fd30e459dcbf76a81070a846ae15599c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3401.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3401.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}