bonny! My sister in winter landlord . . . well "shenanigans" is too light a word.

I'm not sure the dcra will condemn the building because, honestly, in terms of slums, it could be much worse. Uncomfortable doesn't equal inhabitable.

The entire building doesn't have to be condemned for you to get out of this, and not even your apartment. DC is a very tenant-friendly place to rent. The warranty of habitability is a legal term of art, and the clinic will be able to explain how it applies to your situation.

Please read DC's Tenant Survival Guide, Section 3 "Repairs". [link]

From the intro:

District of Columbia laws require your landlord to provide

apartments that are in a safe, habitable and livable

condition. The landlord has a duty to make all repairs

necessary to make buildings and apartments habitable.

D.C. law also requires landlords to maintain buildings

and apartments according to many established standards,

including the Housing Code Standards listed below. The

Housing Regulation and Enforcement Division of the Housing Regulation Administration, a part of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) is responsible for administering the D.C. Housing Code and related regulations.

For more information on the D.C. Housing Code, refer to >Title 14 of the D.C. Municipal Regulations. You can request

a copy of the D.C. Housing Code by contacting the Housing Inspection Section of the Housing Regulation Administration at DCRA at (202) 442-4400.

edited for wonky formatting.

IANAL, but pouring water from the ceiling onto your bed and other possessions and the water heater and the wiring does not seem to me to fall under the category of "habitable".

Bonny, listen to Maria.

Has anyone else's Spring Allergies kicked in? Because this cold is starting to feel more like allergies, which seems unfair while the snow banks on my front lawn are still taller than me.

The places where I get stuck are when somebody says something, in a situation where I do actually know more, for whatever reason(I end up ceding a lot of economic arguments, because I'm not confident enough to argue them unless I have back-up) but sometimes I pass on my info that pretty much says they're wrong, but they stick to their dumb theory(Most recently, the absence of tests revealing date-rape drugs proves that Bill Cosby is being hassled by The Man..)

I thought I would kill that guy or myself before that "conversation" was finished, just because I couldn't believe someone could live as such a numbnuts(And then, I chuckled and thought "This must be what Keith Olbermann feels every day." Seriously, I have seen people put in less work defending their own fathers than this guy because of the Dr. Huxtable thing...it's hard not to say "you know, he's not really your dad, right?"

"you know, he's not really your dad, right?"

Once humans become emotionally invested in something, you can't wrestle it away from them with a bear.

I'm not sure the dcra will condemn the building because, honestly, in terms of slums, it could be much worse. Uncomfortable doesn't equal inhabitable.

bonny, when I was in a similar situation in Michigan, where they did wall repairs in my bathroom but never repainted made my apartment uninhabitable. You'd be surprised what may qualify.

That much water could certainly lead to worries about mold.

A student emailed me wanting to know if he could take the midterm on a different date, because he's in pain from epididymitis. That's really far more information than I needed.