Every housing provider in Washington, D.C. must provide prospective tenants with a newly revised Tenant Bill of Rights when a rental application is submitted—and the obligation kicks in 90 days after publication.
The Office of the Tenant Advocate published the revised document in the D.C. Register on September 25, starting a 90-day compliance clock. It’s the first update since the original version was published in April 2015 and took effect that July.
What landlords are required to do
The rule applies to every housing provider in the District, regardless of property size.
Two obligations apply: provide the revised document to any prospective tenant upon submission of a rental application, and provide it to any current tenant who requests it, up to once per year…