What if you are late after your letter to correct after the 30days and you still want to pay to avoid eviction?

It's hard to respond to this without seeing what you signed. Putting what you signed aside: one thing worth looking at is whether the 30-day notice...

In DC, if a tenant is late with rent, there are two cases the landlord could bring. Normally, if the landlord is just trying to collect, it will...

Is this lease clause valid in DC Law?

Contract provisions that establish "penalties" of this sort are generally unenforceable in the District if they are more like penalties than like...

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Eviction after payment ?

You may have defenses -- but whether or not you do, in the District of Columbia, tenants have a right to redeem their tenancy when the judgment was...

Do I have to give 30 day's to vacate to landlord on an unintentional month-to-month? Will 15 day's be OK?

It sounds like you are either a month-to-month tenant, or a tenant at sufferance. A month-to-month tenancy must be created by a writing (for...

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Can my landlord still charge for rent, while I'm still waiting for him to meet with me and sign the official lease agreement?

The landlord likely was permitted to charge you for staying in the property. If he did so, he may have established a tenancy with you, even though...

How do I pay my rent?

If the property owner authorized the potential buyer to rent to you, you may have rights as a tenant. You might want to ask the potential buyer...

Landlord telling me to put request in writing

Hi -- In the District of Columbia, residential lease provisions granting landlords the right to attorney’s fees are unenforceable. 14 D.C.M.R. §...

Can a landlord evict me by serving a 30 day written notice to carry out renovations for "major improvements"?

The landlord is incorrect. In the District of Columbia: "Except as provided in this section, no tenant shall be evicted from a rental unit,...

What is the name of the Motion to file to encounter Plaintiff's Motion for Nonredeemable Judgement?

I think you're asking what to call your opposition to a landlord's Motion for Nonredeemable Judgment, filed in D.C. Superior Court...? If so, then...