This Amendment protects good tenants from harassment, supports honest landlords with advocacy, and saves taxpayer money by streamlining disputes. Join us to make DC housing work for all!
Why DC Needs This Amendment
The RENTAL Act of 2025 needs work to protect everyone. The Bad-Faith Complaint Reform and Housing Fairness Amendment Act of 2025 solves four key problems to make DC housing fair for tenants, landlords, and taxpayers.
The Problems
Landlord Complaint: No Advocate, No Balance:
Tenants get the Office of the Tenant Advocate (OTA) to fight for them — even without proof or inspection. Landlords get nothing. No office. No advocate. Just expensive court battles and years of abuse.
Serial Abusers Clog the System:
Repeat offenders flood DC with false complaints, burning inspectors’ time and taxpayer dollars.
Anonymous Complaints Cause Chaos: Anyone can file secret complaints with no accountability, harassing honest landlords and wasting resources.
The System Is Weaponized:
Bad-faith tenants use DC’s broken process as a weapon — filing lies, blocking repairs, and bleeding landlords dry. Honest landlords are punished, while professional manipulators exploit loopholes and walk away free.
The Solutions
Create the Office of the Landlord Advocate (OLA). Landlords deserve the same protection tenants already have. DC law required it years ago. This amendment finally delivers it.
Penalize serial abusers to keep the system fair and efficient.
Require names and contact info for every complaint to stop bad-faith attacks.
Shut down the abuse. The amendment stops weaponized complaints, forces proof and punishes serial offenders — protecting housing from predators who exploit the system.
This Amendment delivers the fairness DC law promised. It protects good tenants from harassment, supports honest landlords with advocacy, and saves taxpayer money by streamlining disputes. Join us to make DC housing work for all!