Nearly a year ago, we wrote:
As recently as Presidents Day, 4801 Connecticut was advertising its one-bedroom apartments to prospective renters for $1,700 per month. According to a Washington Post investigation, the DC Housing Authority is subsidizing nearly two dozen renters in similar 4801 apartments, and in each case is paying $2,648 per month. The difference: nearly $1,000. Not all overpayments are this large, but the Post says DCHA is paying rents in excess of market rates on 4,000 units across the District. And the cost to DCHA and its housing affordability efforts? Millions of dollars each year.
The Post now reports that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating whether DC landlords have overcharged for apartments rented to low-income voucher holders, and 4801 Connecticut makes another appearance. From the January 23, 2024 article:
Many apartment buildings, including 4801 Connecticut, have taken advantage of the fact that D.C.’s rent-stabilization law restricting rent increases in older buildings does not apply to subsidized renters. The Housing Authority has been willing to pay higher rents than these buildings could get under rent stabilization. But at 4801 Connecticut it’s the market, not rent stabilization, holding prices down for many units. The building has charged new privately paying one-bedroom tenants far less than the roughly $2,200 allowed, records show.
More water outage impacts: While parts of Ward 3 and 4 were under the January 19 to 21 boil water advisory, we know that area restaurants were buying and using gallons of bottled water. So was Forest Hills of DC Senior Living.
“We’ve got bottles. We’ve got large jugs so we have enough to sustain our community for a number of days,” CEO Tina Sandri told WUSA9.
CVS thefts arrest: One man is accused of robbing the CVS stores at 4309 and 5013 Connecticut Avenue ten times in October and November. (WJLA7)
“Driving Dangerously” in Forest Hills: This is the neighborhood’s latest entry in an all-too-frequent Popville series. A reader wrote on January 2nd: “My husband and I came across this white Lexus at the intersection of Appleton & 31st Streets in Forest Hills / Van Ness yesterday (Saturday) morning. Photos don’t do justice of the bizarre angle this car landed in.”
Here’s another photo, sent to us by the property’s owner. He was just as perplexed as the person who alerted Popville.
Social media mentions
Just some neighbors, hanging out.
“Hey guys, check it out, steam bath!” pic.twitter.com/I4f3SIZaBZ
— C on the scene (@Conthescene) January 17, 2024
Over on Broad Branch Road:
It's a snow day here at @CarnegiePlanets! That means scientists making snow equations and the chance to explore friction and gravity firsthand on one of the best sledding hills in town!
📸: @miquai pic.twitter.com/uYxMrQayCw— Carnegie Earth & Planets Laboratory (@CarnegiePlanets) January 16, 2024
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