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Division VII - PROPERTYTitle 42 - REAL PROPERTYSubtitle VII - RENTAL HOUSINGChapter 35 - RENTAL HOUSING GENERALLY
Subchapter V-B - OTHER HOUSING PROVIDER ACTIONS DURING TENANCIES
Section 42-3505.52 - Housing provider duty to mitigate damages after breach of the rental agreement by tenant

D.C. Code § 42-3505.52

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Section 42-3505.52 - Housing provider duty to mitigate damages after breach of the rental agreement by tenant

If a tenant refuses to take possession of a rental unit in bad faith, or vacates a rental unit before the end of a lease term, any actual damages the housing provider may be entitled to shall be subject to the duty of the housing provider to mitigate actual damages for breach of the rental agreement.

D.C. Code § 42-3505.52

July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 532; as added Feb. 18, 2017, D.C. Law 21-210, § 2(d), 63 DCR 15302.