Landlord court request for eviction?

If your question is whether you should talk to the landlord's lawyer: this is a hard question. It can be helpful to talk to them -- if you think...

My landlord wants my keys to my apartment should I give them to her?

In the District of Columbia, a landlord cannot evict for alleged lease violations without first giving a valid 30-day notice that gives the tenant...

If I violated my lease by subletting for one month (subtenant has vacated) can my landlord withhold the security deposit?

A landlord in the District of Columbia is only permitted to withhold the security deposit for reasons specified in writing in the security deposit...

In addition to whatever the lease might say about this (probably nothing): If the landlord or management company made promises to you that you...

Can they evict you with a 24-hour notice

If you are a tenant in the District of Columbia, then the minimum time that must be provided on a notice to quit is 30 days. The basic eviction...

Can a judge refuse to admit a 2011 document as evidence but accept a 2007 document if both exceed the statute of limitations?

Hi, we often see judges incorrectly declining to consider or permit the introduction of evidence of housing code issues from more than three years...

When is my eviction date?

If you are in the District of Columbia and your landlord has brought you to court, and if the court has issued a writ of restitution permitting the...

Here is the sentence in the D.C. evictions statute that says a landlord can't evict just because a lease has been terminated: "Except as...

Can landlord kick me out?

There are competing rules here: on the one hand, tenants cannot unreasonably disturb their neighbors, and it can be considered a lease violation if...

I would think that if you agreed to an 11:30pm curfew, and if the landlord can come up with a plausible reason for such a curfew, the landlord...