Federal subsidy programs used in tenant purchase transactions includethe LIHTC program; Section 8 housing assistance payment contracts; theHOME program; and, even in some instances, public housing operatingsubsidies. The District also has two important local subsidy programs. TheLocal Rent Supplement Program (LRSP) provides rental assistance muchlike the federal Section 8 program.52 The Housing Production Trust Fund,

A second tenant protection found in the Rental Housing Act of 1985 iseviction control.

The manner in which tenants exercise their rights under TOPA is influenced by other provisions of the act that regulate condominium and cooperative conversions and provide relocation assistance for tenants displacedby such conversions, as well as other District laws relating to rent controland eviction contro