District of Columbia legislation · 26th Council
District of Columbia B493: Strengthening Tenant Receivership and Oversight for Neighborhood Growth (STRONG) Homes Amendment Act of 2025
Status: In committee, October 20, 2026
As introduced, Bill 26-493 would clarify grounds, notice, and procedures for receiverships. It would also establish cost recovery and lien mechanisms, as well as authorize tenant protections. It would permit dissolution and related remedies in cases of fraud or abuse, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
A bill __________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________ To amend the Tenant Receivership Act to clarify grounds, notice, and procedures for receivership, expand tools available to the Court and receiver, establish cost recovery and lien mechanisms, and authorize tenant protections; to amend the Construction Codes to strengthen injunctive relief; and to amend the Business Organizations Code to permit dissolution and related remedies in cases of fraud or abuse, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, November 19, 2025:
A BILL __________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________ To amend the Tenant Receivership Act to clarify grounds, notice, and procedures for receivership, expand tools available to the Court and receiver, establish cost recovery and lien mechanisms, and authorize tenant protections; to amend the Construction Codes to strengthen injunctive relief; and to amend the Business Organizations Code to permit dissolution and related remedies in cases of fraud or abuse, and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the District of Columbia, That this act may be cited as the "Strengthening Tenant Receivership and Oversight for Neighborhood Growth (STRONG) Homes Amendment Act of 2025". Sec. 2. The Abatement and Condemnation of Nuisance Properties Omnibus Amendment Act of 2000, effective April 27, 2001 (D.C. Law 13-281; D.C. Official Code § 42-3171.01 et seq.), is amended as follows: (a) Section 502 (D.C. Official Code § 42-3651.02) is amended as follows: (1)Subsection (a) is amended as follows: (A) Paragraph (1) is amended by striking the phrase "Title 12 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, or its equivalent," and inserting the phrase "Title of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, the Air Quality Amendment Act of 2013, effective September 9, 2014 (D.C. Law 20-135; D.C. Official Code § 8-241.01 et seq.), and its implementing regulations, or any equivalent …