RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS ACT OF 1975 (Council Act No. 1-46) HEARING AND DISPOSITION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, HOUSING, AND OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. Con. Res. 399 TO DISAPPROVE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RENTAL COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES C. DIGGS, JR., Michigan, Chairman DONALD M. FRASER, Minnesota District of Columbia JAMES R. MANN, South Carolina ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky HERBERT E. HARRIS II, Virginia DAN DANIEL, Virginia JERRY LITTON, Missouri HELEN S. MEYNER, New Jersey JAMES J. FLORIO, New Jersey GILBERT GUDE, Maryland ROBERT W. DANIEL, JR., Virginia EDWARD C. SYLVESTER, Jr., Staff Director RUBY G. MARTIN, General Counsel MARK MATHIS, Minority Counsel DAN DANIELS, Virginia JERRY LITTON, Missouri HENRY J. NOWAK, New York SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia, Chairman GILBERT GUDE, Maryland STEWART B. MCKINNEY, Connecticut HERBERT E. HARRIS II, Virginia PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana HENRY SOLARES, Counsel 264-266 Apartment Industries Employees Council, Patricia Wells, chairperson... 273–274 Department of Housing and Urban Development, Donald P. Tuttle, Chief Landmark Co's., David J. Bindeman, President... 280-283 Management Partnership, Inc., Irving M. Kriegsfeld, president---- 107-120 Mortgage Bankers Association of Metropolitan Washington, Inc., E. Washington Board of Realtors, Inc., James G. Banks, vice president__ Washington Real Estate Brokers Association, Beatrice M. Reed, Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington: "Report on Study of Operating Cost Increases, February 1973-Sep- tember 1975" by Tyson, Belzer & Associates, Inc-- Von Salzen, Eric, legal counsel, statement--- Columbia Plaza Limited Partnership v. Alfred Cowles, et al_- Committee print, "Rental Accommodations Act of 1975 and report of the Council of the District of Columbia as referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia", September 5, 1975__. Department of Housing and Urban Development Rules and Regulations, Chapter IV, Subchapter A, nart 403, Federal Register, vol. 40, No. 39, IV Development Economics Group, report for the Office of Housing and Com- 320-326 Legislative history of Act No. 1-46, government of the District of 435-551 Murphy, C. Francis, Corporation Counsel, statement-- 431-434 Housing and Development Administration of the City of New York v. Community Housing Improvement Program, Inc., et al- 229-245 Forbes, "Sock the Landlord," September 15, 1975__ 327-328 Hogan & Hartson, Analysis of District of Columbia bill 1-157, "The Dis- 363-413 553-557 296-308 329-333 Risher, John R., report for Arent, Fox, Kinter, Plotkin & Kahn, "A 334-362 Roistacher, Elizabeth, assistant professor of economics, Queens College, 556-557 Urban Land Institute, report to Federal City Council "New Housing Pro- 131-175 195-206 COMMITTEE DISPOSITION Action by the committee___ 559-561 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS ACT OF 1975 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1975 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, HOUSING, AND TRANSPORTATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:45 a.m., in room 1310, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. W. S. (Bill) Stuckey (Chairman of the Subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representative Stuckey, Delegate Fauntroy, Representatives Mazzoli and McKinney. Also present: Ruby G. Martin, general counsel; Dale MacIver, assistant counsel; Daniel M. Freeman, assistant counsel; Mark Mathis, minority chief counsel; James M. Christian, deputy minority counsel; Henry Solares, professionl staff member; and Carol Thompson, legislative staff assistant. Mr. STUCKEY. The subcommittee will come to order. Let me express my thanks to Mr. McKinney of the minority and Mr. Fauntroy of the majority for taking time out of their busy schedule for being here with us this morning, and also for your patience this morning in waiting for us to get some additional members of the subcommittee. This morning we begin hearings on the District of Columbia's Rental Accommodations Act of 1975. The Council Act (No. 1-46), report thereon, and H. Con. Res. 399, will be included at this point. |