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TENANTS OF 1460 EUCLID v. D.C. RENTAL HOUSING

No. 84-1408.

502 A.2d 470 (1985)

TENANTS OF 1460 EUCLID STREET, N.W., Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RENTAL HOUSING COMMISSION, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Hannibal, with whom John K. Lunsford was on brief, for petitioner.

William J. Earl, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C. were on brief for respondent.

Before NEBEKER, NEWMAN and TERRY, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Petitioner, a tenants association, seeks reversal of the District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission's decision that a voluntary agreement of the tenants to adjust the rent ceiling at their housing accommodation was valid. We hold that the necessary assent of seventy percent of the tenants was not obtained because the spouse of a leaseholder may not, absent express authority, sign the agreement as the leaseholder's agent. Accordingly,...

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