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Letters to the Editor: Fix DC housing policies to repair past harms; Landlords have a public safety responsibility, too

March 18, 2022 by FHC 1 Comment

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 discuss “an uptick of complaints” from and about apartment buildings. (We reported on a portion of the conversation, which went over who to call in […]

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A letter to the editor: A Sedgwick Gardens tenant on security and the landlord’s responsibilities

August 6, 2019 by FHC

To the Editor: As a resident of Sedgwick Gardens, I was surprised to read Kimberly Macleod’s letter of July 23 defending her client (and our landlord) Daro Management’s screening policies for prospective tenants and implying that the landlord bears little responsibility for the security lapses we’ve experienced here over the past couple of years. Perhaps […]

Filed Under: High-Rise Life, News, Opinion, To the Editor

A letter to the editor: Daro responds to our July 10 piece on the Council’s housing vouchers services bill

July 23, 2019 by FHC

To the Editor: We represent Daro, the firm that manages Sedgwick Gardens. Since we began participating in the Housing Choice Voucher Program and accepting vouchers, we have been subjected to criticism about our policy, most recently in a story that was published in your paper last week (“Council hearing Thursday on requiring on-site services for […]

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