Superior Court Issues Order Regarding Access to Landlord Tenant Records

October 25, 2021

On October 25 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Administrative Order 21-13 granting the D.C. Department of Human Services (DHS) access to court data from landlord tenant cases, including sealed records, to analyze the correlation between evictions and shelter stays. DHS may use the data for the purposes described in the Restricted Data Use Agreement Between the D.C. Courts and DHS, but it shall not disclose this information to any other person or for any other purpose without prior approval of the D.C. Superior Court.