138) We received an email and letter attachment from the LCE attorney – Landlord response – with their dates of access in tiny print including the March 15, 2019 inspection listed as no access that read – I received the attached letter today etc. – Oct 28, 2019 at 12:46 PM – The letter dated: October 24, 2019 – Main parts – We are in receipt of your October 15, 2019 letter. We are very familiar with the District’s housing regulations and we have been and remained committed to rectifying the outstanding issues with the unit. However, on multiple occasions both prior to June 2019 and after June 2019, Robert has denied our staff, our property manager staff and our service providers from accessing the unit. When we transitioned our property management provider in 2018, our new property manager, L________, issued the required advance written notice to all of our tenants notifying them that L_______ would be visiting each property to test keys. Despite providing the advance notice, Robert denied us access. When L_______ advised Robert a few months later that they would be re-keying, Robert also denied access. As such, we have not had access to the property as we do with our other tenants. Additionally, Robert has denied access to multiple service providers engaged by us to rectify several reported issues with the unit. I have included a list of service calls furnished by L_______ which includes the number of attempts and providing service and the results of each service call. Robert cannot refuse reasonable access so that the landlord can comply with the Housing Regulations and at the same time avoid a rent increase based on allegations of the same violations that Robert has prevented the landlord from inspecting and repairing. We welcome your assistance to get us the required access as we are ready, willing and able to complete the repairs. In a god faith gesture, and in no way conceding our right to increase Robert’s rent given his failure to cooperate to allow access, we will reduce Robert’s rent to the previous $ ***/month through December 31, 2019. However, in return, we will expect our property manager to be given immediate access to the unit to re-key the unit upon 24 hours notice. Further, we expect Robert and Theresa, and any other guests, will grant access to The Menkiti Group staff, our property manager staff, and service providers provided that the aforementioned parties provide 48 hours advance notice so that we can finally complete the repairs that we have been ready to complete, but for Robert’s unwillingness to allow us access – Irving Street address displayed at the bottom of the letter. Note: After we sent our email – Set UP!!!!! – to the Director of Property Management with L. Management and two (2) Menkiti Group representatives – Oct 28, 2019 at 12:39 PM. In return we received an email with a letter attachment – Landlord response that read I received the attached letter today, emailed from the LCE attorney. It was sent to us on Oct 28, 2019 at 12:46 PM. Note: The Menkiti Group are very familiar with the District’s housing regulations as stated by them. What wasn’t mentioned on that list in tiny print was the Nov 19, 2018 – illegal attempted access, Jan 31, 2019 – when the L. Management technician came to the door with no 48 hours notice whatsoever telling the (previous) Service Manager, “I knocked but no answer, what do you want me to do?” On March 15, 2019, the (previous) Service Manager with L. Management and the Menkiti Group representative inspected our rental – it is listed on their list: Access Granted: NO – This is not true at all and it is documented to prove it. It is ashamed you have to cover yourself like this from being lied and ganged up on. We believe, Dec 31, 2019, was the deadline they had in mind to get us out of the rental per the 30 day Notice to Correct or Vacate. At first they were buying time to see what we had and then tried to end the court proceedings by hoping to get us riled up (setup) in court to have it dismissed in or out of court. On Oct 23, 2019, we discovered that The Menkiti Group which was the trade name of the Aroli Group LLC was canceled Expiration Date: 4/22/2006. After mentioning it several times, we decided not to disclose anything further concerning the Menkiti Group being canceled. There were using the canceled trade name in a clever way such as (in) care of (C/O) Menkiti Group, Mailing address (office): 3401 8th Street NE (a pattern). We were not being taken seriously with the name being used by all kinds of sources, documents and ties with the government, city officials making it appear everything was in order (deceptive order).

139) On Nov 1, 2019 around 9:45 AM, we had a meeting with the LCE attorney. She just so happened to flip her files to the very envelope with the Landlord response letter that was suppose to be mailed to us as well. She acted surprised and we were too, which was very suspicious the way it occurred in her explanation. It seems as though she was trying to cover it up by the way she was acting and expressing herself to us. The impact from that event and not going to court with us at all, after further discussion between us. It made us feel as though we could not trust her and others at all.