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INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

Administrator of Veterans Affairs v. Valentine, 490 A.2d 1165 (1985)

Citation
Administrator of Veterans Affairs v. Valentine, 490 A.2d 1165 (1985)
Parent Document
Administrator of Veterans Affairs v. Valentine, 490 A.2d 1165 (1985)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1985-04-24

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An examination of the Rental Housing Act confirms the validity of the distinction we drew in Surratt. One of the purposes of the Act is “[t]o protect the existing supply of rental housing from conversion to other uses.” D.C.Code § 45-1502(4) (1981). Before the foreclosure, Valentine’s apartment clearly was part of the existing supply of rental housing in the District; to allow the VA to evict her would have opened the way to conversion of that building to other uses. In Simpson, on the other hand, the property had not been part of the District’s rental housing stock, so permitting the former owner’s eviction did not dimmish the supply of rental units.