If a landlord issues a notice to terminate a tenancy due to a reason listed in subsections
22.205.090.A.1-2, and if the landlord issues that notice within six months after the
termination of the Mayor's residential eviction moratorium, the notice must contain
the following statement: "If you cannot pay rent, during or within 6 months after
the end of the Mayor's moratorium on evictions, your inability to pay is a defense
to eviction that you may raise in court." It is a defense to eviction if the notice
does not contain that statement.
D.
An award of attorneys' fees and statutory court costs to a landlord arising from an
eviction proceeding arising from a notice to terminate a tenancy due to a reason listed
in subsections 22.205.090.A.1-2 is prohibited unless otherwise allowed by law.
(Ord. 126593, § 1, 2022; [Renumbered from 22.206.160.C.9]; Ord. 126075, § 2, 2020.)