See the OTA - here is a FAQ sheet that discusses the issue

No. If you noticed them on 10/8 of your intent to vacate on 11/30, you are good. Tell them to sue you in landlord tenant court.

Awesome thanks! My rent increased but the notice only went out with 60 days notice, should have been 75 days of I read it correctly!

They want me pay 500 and change like its my fault and they didn't list the apartment up as of now...

I just hope they don't charge me for damages or cleaning on the way out lol, at this point anything goes.

I forgot does the rule apply to like apartment in high-rise or residential or does it matter?

If I am reading this correctly, you were told on 9/2 about the rent increase, which would start on 12/1. That is more than 75 days notice. As for the "60 days to let them know" I think you interpreted that incorrectly. I think they mean, "you must let us know you're moving out at least 60 days before 12/1." If 11/30 is when your lease ends, then you needed to tell them by 10/1, give or take a day.

Insist on a walk through on your last day with their representative. Take video. If they refuse, note that. And take video of the place anyway. Show everything. Make sure they have your new address. Print this https://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Common/DCMR/RuleList.aspx?DownloadFile=F072555F-0000-C93C-AA3B-E0DC116B10AA and leave it sitting in the middle of the room. (If you really want to flex) they’re bluffing, they won’t actually sue you for it, because they can’t. And if you leave the place in reasonable condition, you’ll get your deposit back, too.

I need to give them a 60 days notice from when my lease ends on 11/30

If you don’t pay December rent, what are they going to do, evict you? You won’t live there anymore. You gave them 30 days notice. They’re just bullying you.

No matter. Applies to all residential leases in DC.

But should the notice have gone out to me before 9/2?

Why? 9/2 to 11/30 is way longer than 75 days. Where is this idea coming from that they need to give you notice before 9/2?

Stand corrected, I took it as I had 15 days added but it not.

I guess I signed the contract so guess have to own up to it.

The contract was illegal. You don’t have to. Don’t let predatory landlords win without a fight. If not for you, then for the next guy.

Contact is a binding document and I signed it unfortunately.

No it wasnt. Requiring 60 days notice of intent to vacate is legal.

No, it isn’t. Dc code requires 30 days notice only. Prove me wrong. Cite chapter and verse of the DC code that allows for 60 days notice. Please.

Dc code requires 30 days plus the 30 days after the last rent payment is due. So a maximum of 59 days. But please. Cite the DC code that allows for 60 days. Go ahead.

Nope. You cannot sign an illegal contract. The law supercedes.

What law is that? I am not lawyer lol

Dc code. Google exists. Enjoy.

Why are you so hostile?

Dont know the exact code section of DC law, but I trust OTA.

This is from OTA's guide here

Tenant’s Notice of Intent to Vacate: The Act clarifies existing law regarding the tenant notice of intent to vacate the unit during a month-to-month tenancy. A housing provider may not require a month-to-month tenant to give more than a 30-day notice of his or her intent to vacate the unit. The tenant should be aware, however, that the notice does not take effect until 30 days after the date that the rent is next due. For example, if a tenant’s notice of intent to vacate the unit is given to the housing provider on February 15th, and the rent is next due on March 1st, then the tenancy will not terminate until April 1.

The law is somewhat different for a tenant who wishes to move out upon the expiration of the written lease term, i.e., before the tenancy becomes month-to month. In that instance, the lease may require more than 30 days-notice of a tenant’s intent to vacate, but only if the lease also entitles the tenant to a written notice of a rent increase that is at least 15 days longer than that. For example, if the lease requires the tenant to provide a 60-day notice of intent to vacate, the lease must also entitle the tenant to a 75-day notice of a rent increase. If the lease fails to do so, the tenant is only required to give the housing provider a 30-day notice of intent to vacate.

I read th we DC 21-210 Tenants Notice of Intent to Vacate , didn't mention anything was illegal.

If OP's lease required e.g. a 60 day notice (and they pretty much all do!) that isn't true at all! That's confirmed by the OTA doc that was previously linked.

> The law is somewhat different for a tenant who wishes to move out upon the expiration of the written lease term, i.e., before the tenancy becomes month-to month. In that instance, the lease may require more than 30 days-notice of a tenant’s intent to vacate, but only if the lease also entitles the tenant to a written notice of a rent increase that is at least 15 days longer than that. For example, if the lease requires the tenant to provide a 60-day notice of intent to vacate, the lease must also entitle the tenant to a 75-day notice of a rent increase. If the lease fails to do so, the tenant is only required to give the housing provider a 30-day notice of intent to vacate.

D.C. Code 42-3505.54 (b)

Make sure to read til the end of the section. (It's a single sentence, so I'm confident you can manage.)

> Awesome thanks! My rent increased but the notice only went out with 60 days notice, should have been 75 days of I read it correctly!

This is technically correct -- per the DC code, if you're required to give 60 days notice before vacating the property, they're required to give you 75 days notice before a rent increase.

However, if your lease ended 12/1 and they gave you the notice on 9/2, they actually gave you 90 days notice. So the rent increase is allowed by those rules.

Secondly, if you gave them notice on 10/8, you're on the hook til 12/8. Thus, the extra 8 days they're requiring you to pay. That would be true even if the rent increase was incorrect some how.

Finally, they are required to try to mitigate damages in a reasonable way. That is, they do have some responsibility for attempting to lease the apartment once you've given notice that you're leaving; they can't just have the apartment be empty for months after you've gone and charge you without attempting to let it. However, I don't think that really applies to your case, right? It's a relatively short notice and you're only on the hook for 8 days.

Any contract that is illegal in any way is generally voidable. It's a standard legal precedent. Specifics can vary from state to state. (Under the theory that a contract is binding only when it meets certain criteria; legality is one of those criteria.)

That's what's I was told via email, that I was responsible for 8 days. I am hoping that's is it and I'll know if that's is that Monday. So if I am paying for those 8 extra days, I don't have to move out per agreement on my lease until that 8 days are up?

So I just saw an email from my rent payment portal for the charge of next month's bill. I have it on email from them that I can still move out but pay the 8 days..not sure if that's an error or they are charging me the whole month...anything I can do if that if that is the case?

I agreed to pay up to the 12/8 date but the rent portal shows otherwise.