by Marlene Berlin A Bowser administration official publicly acknowledged that there are problems with the District’s housing vouchers system, including agencies not following up or otherwise providing necessary services to […]
Do you live in a DC apartment building? Take our survey and tell us about your “high-rise life”
The majority of DC residents rent their homes, and in 2019, when the D.C. Policy Center was collecting data for its 2020 report on rental housing in the District, 60 […]
Sponsored: Don’t want to spend a fortune on property management services? This DC couple offers a more affordable option.
This post is sponsored by By the Hour Property Management. Andrea Surette and Jeremy Muenz, a couple who lives across the park in Petworth, had a rental property, and a […]
Letters to the Editor: Fix DC housing policies to repair past harms; Landlords have a public safety responsibility, too
The two letters below were written after the February 1st virtual meeting of the MPD Second District Community Advisory Committee. The CAC gathered police and DC behavioral health officials to […]
Connecticut House residents form a tenants association
Residents of Connecticut House apartments have organized a tenants association in order to negotiate safety and security improvements with their landlord, DARO Management. Residents of 4500 Connecticut Avenue have flagged […]
Residents of a Van Ness “nuisance” building say management is ignoring structural as well as security problems
Residents of 3003 Van Ness including Harry Gural, the president of the apartment building’s tenants association, spoke of security and safety concerns during a December 16th meeting led by Council […]
MPD referred three Van Ness apartment buildings to DC AG’s “nuisance” property office
The commander of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District has reported three Van Ness and Forest Hills apartment buildings to the division of the Office of the Attorney General that […]
Opinion: Take the lawn and garden ‘Hippocratic Oath’ and give leaf blowers the boot
by Kathy Sykes Some good news – the DC ban on gas-powered leaf blowers goes into effect on January 1st, 2022. Until September 30th, 2022, DC is offering rebates for […]
Neighborhood in the News (Updated): A union drive at Politics and Prose; Housing is a hot topic
Updating the first story below (12/22/2021): Politics and Prose owners Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine put this statement on politics-prose.com: Yesterday, we reached out to the union organizers in the […]
Resident unity and landlord accountability: How Brandywine Apartments changed things for the better
In 2017, the District increased the value of rental subsidies, which made apartment buildings on Connecticut Avenue and other relatively expensive parts of the District more affordable to voucher holders. […]