One tenant who cycled through D.C. Superior Court this morning had an interesting excuse for failing to pay her rent: She didn't understand the lease agreement.
The tenant landed in court back in March for failing to pay $7,000 in back rent to her landlord. When she finally forked over the payment, she also signed a [...]

Landlord Carlton Joseph came to court this morning in the hopes of redeeming some back rent from a tenant who wouldn't pay up. He ended up renting out another piece of property: his cell phone.
Joseph has been trying to secure the rent from Karina Okoro, who occupies a one-bedroom unit in Joseph's 23-unit Petworth apartment [...]