The DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will have the Rental Accommodations Workshop: Understanding Registration, Licensing, and Tenant Disclosures in-person and virtually on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. This workshop will provide tenants and housing providers an understanding of the requirements for registration, licensing, tenant disclosures, and an opportunity to ask questions. You can register here: DHCD Rental Accommodations Workshop
Virtual Link: You can join the event virtually on Microsoft Teams here: Rental Accommodations Workshop: Understanding Registration, Licensing, and Tenant Disclosures
Target Audience: tenants, housing providers, realtors, property managers.
Understanding Rental Registration, Licensing, and Tenant Disclosures
The Rental Housing Act of 1985 requires that all residential rental housing must be licensed and registered before a housing provider may offer rental units to tenants. Additionally, when a prospective tenant applies for rental housing or signs a lease agreement, the housing provider is required by law to provide certain written disclosures. The workshop will cover the following topics:
Workshop Topics:
- Rental Registration: what types of housing accommodations must be licensed and registered, what documents are required, whether a housing accommodation is rent controlled or exempt from rent control, and how to file a registration.
- Rental Licensing: the two-step process to license and register a housing accommodation and how the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection coordinate the licensing process.
- Tenant Disclosures: disclosure requirements for prospective, new, and existing tenants, form preparation and filing procedures, and penalties when a housing provider violates the rules.
- Disclosures when a prospective tenant completes a rental application
- Disclosures included with a lease agreement
- Disclosures required when a tenancy begins
- Tenant request for rent history
QUESTIONS?
If you have questions, contact DHCD's Office of Communications and Community Outreach (OCCO) via email at [email protected].