Draft your RAD Form 8 pre-filing worksheet Pick the tenant tier, enter the current rent, and get the RY-capped maximum, the 60-day service window check, and the Form 9 filing deadline pre-computed against the controlling Rent Control Year.

Free preview — no sign-up, no card. Submitting opens a worksheet that maps each computed value to the RAD Form 8 section where it goes. Nothing about your tenant, unit, or rent is stored on the server until you explicitly purchase the $9 archived worksheet + compliance-log entry.

This is a worksheet, not RAD Form 8. The Rental Accommodations Division of DHCD requires that the tenant be served on RAD Form 8, “Notice to Tenant of Rent Adjustment.” Get the current Form 8 (and Form 9 for post-effective filing) at dhcd.dc.gov → Rental Accommodations Division → Forms. This worksheet verifies the math you copy onto Form 8 — and gives you a dated, signed record of the Rent Control Year cap that was in effect when the rent was set, which is the documentation needed to defend a § 42-3509.01 overcharge claim.

Step 1 — Parties and premises

Your name or LLC (housing provider) Appears on the worksheet as the serving housing provider.

Provider mailing address For tenant responses; goes on the worksheet header.

Tenant name(s) List all named tenants on the lease (comma-separated).

Rental unit address Full street address with unit number, as it appears on the RAD registration.

Step 2 — Adjustment computation

Current monthly rent ($) Use the registered ceiling rent from the unit's RAD file.

Tenant tier Elderly/disability tier requires that the tenant has registered with the Rental Administrator. If unregistered, use the standard tier.

New monthly rent you propose ($) Default = current rent × the picked RY rate. Must be at or below the cap.

Effective date of adjustment First day rent is normally paid — must be more than 60 days after service.

Planned service date (optional) When you intend to serve RAD Form 8. Worksheet flags too-early vs the 60-day minimum. Blank = today.

On submit, this form opens a new tab at /notice/dc/preview.html with your inputs as URL parameters. The worksheet renders the RY-capped rent computation, the 60-day service-window math, the RAD Form 9 filing deadline, and citations to D.C. Official Code § 42-3502.08 and the controlling RY notice. Use your browser's Print → “Save as PDF” to capture the free preview (orange “draft” banner is hidden in print). The paid $9 flow archives the worksheet to your unit's compliance log keyed to your account — that flow isn't live yet; the worksheet is.

What you'll get

The worksheet maps every line to where it goes on RAD Form 8.

Rent Control Year picker. If your effective date is on or before April 30, 2026, the worksheet uses the RY 2025 caps (4.8% standard / 2.5% elderly); on or after May 1, 2026, it uses the RY 2026 caps (4.1% / 2.1%). The Rental Housing Commission publishes the RY notice each February — this page refreshes within 7 days of publication.
Per-line Form 8 mapping. Each value — current rent, tenant tier, RY rate, RY-capped maximum, effective date — carries an italic note pointing to the RAD Form 8 section where it goes (Section II.A through III.A).
60-day service window. Computed from your planned service date. The worksheet flags TOO EARLY vs OK against your planned effective date so you don't void the increase under D.C. Code § 42-3502.08(b).
Form 9 filing deadline. The worksheet computes effective + 30 days as your deadline to file RAD Form 9 (Certificate of Rent Adjustment) with the Rental Accommodations Division. Missing this deadline voids the increase under § 42-3502.08(c).
12-month next-eligible date. The worksheet shows the earliest date you can serve a NEXT increase on this unit. § 42-3502.08(g) bars more than one increase per twelve months regardless of tenant turnover.
Compliance verdict. If your proposed new rent exceeds the RY cap, the worksheet says ABOVE in red so you can correct before serving.
Versioned audit token. Every preview prints an audit token that's deterministic for the same inputs against the same rule version — useful when you want to prove which RY cap was in effect when the rent was set, in the event of a RAD audit or an overcharge petition.

Before you serve RAD Form 8

Three RHA gotchas the worksheet won't catch.

Building scope. DC rent control covers buildings built (or issued a certificate of occupancy) on or before December 31, 1975, where the housing provider owns 5 or more rental units in DC, and which are not federally or DC subsidized. Natural-person providers with 4 or fewer rental units are exempt. New construction after 1975 is exempt. Verify at the DC Rent Registry: rentregistry.dc.gov. The worksheet doesn't enforce scope — if you serve Form 8 on a unit that isn't actually rent-controlled, the increase is governed by the lease, not by the RY cap.
Capital-improvement, hardship, and substantial-rehab petitions. Capital-improvement surcharges (§ 42-3502.10), hardship petitions (§ 42-3502.12), and substantial-rehabilitation petitions (§ 42-3502.14) can lawfully exceed the RY cap, but only if you petition RAD, document costs, and amortize the approved amount under the useful-life table. Self-help surcharges added on top of the RY cap without an approved petition are overcharges. The worksheet only computes the RY cap.
Elderly/disability tier registration. The lower CPI-only cap (2.1% for RY 2026) only applies if the tenant is at least 62 OR disability-registered with the Rental Administrator AND the unit is the tenant's primary residence AND household income is below the DC Median Family Income threshold set annually by DHCD. Picking the elderly/disability tier in the form when the tenant has not actually registered with RAD will produce a worksheet that doesn't survive the first overcharge petition. If unregistered, use the standard tier.