{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3502.03c","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-3502.03c","heading":"Public Accessible Rent Control Housing Database.","body":"(a)\nThe Office of the Tenant Advocate (\"OTA\"), with the assistance of and in close consultation with the Department of Buildings, the Office of Tax and Revenue, the Rental Accommodations Division (\"RAD\") of the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Housing Provider Ombudsman of the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, shall develop  a user-friendly, Internet-accessible, and searchable database for the submission, management, and review of all documents and relevant data housing providers are required to submit to the RAD pursuant to this subchapter.\n\n(a-1)\nThe Chief Tenant Advocate may contract to implement the database established by this section. Any contract under this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 3A of Title 2.\n\n(b)\nThe database shall include:\n(1)\nAn online portal for housing providers located on the website of the Department of Housing and Community Development (\"DHCD\"), not accessible to the general public, which housing providers shall use to file all documents and data required by this subchapter and all regulations promulgated pursuant to this subchapter; and\n(2)\nAn online portal accessible to the general public located on the DHCD website that provides information relevant to tenants seeking and living in rent-controlled accommodations populated from the documents submitted by housing providers pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.\n\n(c)\nThe portal accessible to the general public shall:\n(1)\nInclude the following real-time, searchable parameters:\n(A)\nThe building address and ward number;\n(B)\nThe base rent for each rental unit in the accommodation;\n(C)\nAny services or facilities provided as part of the base rent;\n(D)\nThe amount and date of each annual rent increase or decrease;\n(E)\nThe number of bedrooms in each unit;\n(F)\nThe vacancy status of each unit;\n(G)\nThe accessibility information of the building, as it relates to District of Columbia and federal law;\n(H)\nThe name, telephone number, and email address of the housing provider and property manager;\n(I)\nDates and numbers of the basic business license of the housing provider;\n(J)\nDates and numbers of the certificate of occupancy of the building;\n(K)\nThe name, contact information, and place of business of the registered agent of the building, if applicable;\n(L)\nThe licensing and registration of the property manager of the accommodation, when other than the housing provider;\n(M)\nThe RAD registration exemption number and date of the housing accommodation;\n(N)\nAny pro-active inspection dates;\n(O)\nAny outstanding violations of the housing regulations applicable to the accommodation;\n(P)\nThe notice date of any housing code violations;\n(Q)\nThe rate of return for the housing accommodation and computation required by § 42-3502.05(f)(3)(D)(iv);\n(R)\nAny petitions filed by the housing provider including, related services and facilities petition, capital improvement petition, substantial rehabilitation petition, voluntary agreement petition, hardship petition, other valid tenant petitions;\n(S)\nAny court or administrative actions; and\n(T)\nOther information the OTA determines is relevant to tenants seeking and living in rent control accommodations.\n(2)\nExclude any documentation submitted in support of a tenant's application for elderly or disability status pursuant to § 42-3502.08(h)(2), and any other information the Rent Administrator may deem necessary to exclude to protect the privacy and personal information of a tenant.\n\n(d)\nRepealed.\n\n(e)\nThe database created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be completed, tested, and operational by September 30, 2020.\n\n(e-1)\n(1)\nOTA shall develop an online portal and database for the filing of registration statements and claims of exemption under § 42-3502.05(f), which OTA shall integrate into the database created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, by the same date required in subsection (e) of this section for database completion, testing, and operation.\n\n(e-2)\n(1)\nThe OTA shall transfer administration and maintenance of the databases created pursuant to this section to RAD by the same date required in subsection (e) of this section for database completion, testing, and operation.\n(2)\nWhile OTA is administering the databases created pursuant to this section, RAD may access the databases and any data housed therein as necessary to carry out its duties under this subchapter.\n\n(f)\nRepealed.\n\n(g)\nThe OTA shall report to the Council regarding the progress of the database created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section on a quarterly basis.\n\n(h)\nBeginning January 2020, DHCD shall report to the Council monthly on database usage, including, for the relevant reporting period, the total number of filings housing providers made pursuant to this subchapter, the number of new registrations and claims of exemption filed pursuant to § 42-3502.05, and the number of searches conducted by members of the general public.  With the report, DHCD shall provide electronic spreadsheets of all data housing providers entered into the database during the relevant reporting period.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 35. Rental Housing Generally.","Subchapter II. Rent Stabilization Program."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3502.03c","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9e45d309a9384b4ad423a448beb60e884a2c9edd0a3baf8cd9448f47888a5bd2","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3502.03b","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3502.03d"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}