OTA NEWS

US Supreme Court Declines to Reconsider the Constitutionality of Rent Control The US Supreme Court declines to reconsider the constitutionality of rent control. Full Text New Acting Rent Administrator Per a Mayoral Order dated April 12, 2012, Keith Anderson has replaced Theresa Lewis as the District’s Acting Rent Administrator. Full Text Chief Tenant Advocate Testifies at the OTA Budget Hearing Chief Tenant Advocate Johanna Shreve testified at the OTA’s budget hearing before the DC Council's Committee on Public Services and Consumer Affairs, chaired by Councilmember Yvette Alexander. Full Text New Rent Control CPI Is 3.6 Percent The 2012 rent control CPI will be 3.6 percent, effective May 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013. Full Text Council Confirms Johanna Shreve for Another Term as Chief Tenant Advocate Today the Council approved Proposed Resolution 19-453, the “Chief Tenant Advocate of the Office of Tenant Advocate Johanna Shreve Confirmation Resolution of 2011.” Full Text