November 05, 2018
We regularly represent clients on housing matters, including in the DC Superior Court Landlord & Tenant Branch, on the DC Superior Court Housing Conditions Calendar, and before D.C. Housing Authority administrators. In a recent example, our attorneys filed a housing-conditions case on behalf of a client whose house was roach-infested, ultimately negotiating a payment from the client’s landlord that helped the client move into a clean new apartment. Also, our attorneys successfully represented a young mother of three children in her housing conditions suit against her landlord in D.C. Superior Court. Our client’s unit suffered from non-functioning air conditioning, mold and mildew throughout the unit, and a rodent infestation, among other things. The court ordered the landlord to complete all of the repairs.
In another matter, Gilbert attorneys teamed up with Legal Aid to provide advice to tenants whose landlord refused to conduct needed apartment repairs and has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Gilbert attorneys lent their expertise to the tenants by providing advocacy during the Chapter 11 plan confirmation process, particularly related to preserving tenants’ rights to continued possession of their apartments after lease rejections and sales of the apartment properties. Gilbert and Legal Aid have also assisted tenants with filing and defending proofs of claim in the bankruptcy.