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D.C. Council approves amendment to ERAP reform bill, narrowing eviction rescheduling to approved applications
Summary
The Council adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Reform Amendment Act of 2025 that narrows eviction rescheduling to cases with approved ERAP applications, clarifies required documentation, and allows the rent-waiver defense on dispositive motions as well as at trial.
The Council of the District of Columbia on May 6 adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute (ANS) to the Emergency Rental Assistance Program Reform Amendment Act of 2025, aiming to streamline ERAP administration and balance tenant protections with housing-provider certainty.
Councilmember Brooke Fruman, who moved the ANS, said the substitute reflects three months of stakeholder work with housing providers, tenant advocates and eviction-court practitioners and makes four principal changes: it clarifies what payment documentation housing providers must provide to satisfy ERAP applications; it limits eviction rescheduling so only tenants with approved (not pending) ERAP applications may reschedule eviction hearings; it changes a provision…
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