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The tenant representative then circulated his draft among tenant advocates and associations for review and endorsement. During this period, he learned from members of one tenants association that their housing provider hampered their association's distribution of leaflets and flyers in their building. He learned from the president of another tenant association that his housing provider had banned his association from meeting in any of the building's common areas. While the tenant representative had not been aware of such incidents when he drafted his proposed bill, his draft would protect tenants from such heavy-handed behavior.
In December 2002, the American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area (ACLU-NCA) wrote DCRA and urged it to revise and eliminate the offending regulations. In a January 2003 meeting with the tenant representative, the RA declined to revise the regulations as the ACLU-NCA had urged in its letter.