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PEART v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTH.

No. 07-CV-1003.

972 A.2d 810 (2009)

Pearline PEART, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Wilson, with whom Barbara McDowell and Julie Becker, Legal Aid Society, and David A. Reiser were on the brief, Washington, for appellant.

Alex Chintella, with whom Frederick A. Douglas, Washington, Margaret McFarland, and Hans Froelicher, IV, Acting General Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, NEBEKER and STEADMAN, Senior Judges.

STEADMAN, Senior Judge:

Ms. Pearline Peart ("Ms.Peart") brought a successful rent abatement action alleging Housing Code violations against her Section 8 landlord, Ms. Nicole Jackson ("Ms.Jackson") and won a rent abatement award of over $15,000. However, the District of Columbia Housing Authority ("DCHA") intervened and successfully asserted a derivative right to all of this award. Ms. Peart concedes that DCHA is entitled to the rent abatement, but contends

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