Posts tagged Dcra
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DC homeowners get help to build accessory apartments
The United Planning Organization (UPO) and Coalition for Smarter Growth (CSG) recently published ADU DC Homeowner’s Manual: How to Build an Accessory Apartment or Second Dwelling in the District of Columbia to make it easier for homeowners to add income-producing units to their lots. Our manual is a how-to guide for DC homeowners to navigate the process of building an accessory apartment. Keep reading…
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Indoor mold can be hazardous. DC tenants want help getting landlords to treat it.
Tenants across the District have expressed concern with the city’s inaction around mold in housing, which can spark or exacerbate a plethora of health issues. Amid unanswered reports and unaddressed mold complaints, eight professionals and community members testified at a joint public hearing on December 9 about the Indoor Mold Remediation Act of 2019, which aims to improve enforcement and remediation. Keep reading…
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DC’s new housing inspection policy expedites fines in an attempt to clear the backlog
In an attempt to expedite the repair process, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is no longer issuing a Notice of Violation as a first warning during housing inspections. Landlords will instead skip directly to receiving a Notice of Infraction and a fine, according to a press release from the DCRA and the mayor’s office. Keep reading…
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DC has a slumlord problem and not enough inspectors to solve it
Some landlords in DC have been forcing their tenants live in horrendous conditions for years, without having to make fixes or pay fines. Part of the problem is that the DC government only employs 13 housing inspectors, so it's easy for housing code violators to slip through the cracks. Keep reading…
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This is why some houses sit vacant for a long time
Filling vacant properties might seem at first to be an easy, obvious way to put more people into houses. But while there are times when vacant properties are owned by investors who could readily fix them up and make them habitable again, there are others whose complicated ownership situations take a lot of time and effort to resolve. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Show Metro the money
Governors balk at paying for better transportation; Will Metro riders return to save the day?; Find the missing (bike) link; Buzzard Point buzzkills; “Stop work” must be shared; Parking meter pilot meets Chinatown; History in your gas tank; Nationals boost short-term rentals. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro screaming, Metro silence
You make me wanna shout; Speak up, Metro; Make way for museum; Contractor controversy; Toning down the Confederacy; Cute little problems; New home for bookworms; Walking in the rain; Point taken (literally); No permits for pop-up stands. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tenant v landlord
Landlords get around rent control; TOPA gone too far?; The sky is falling; Realtime tracking for Loudoun’s commuter buses; Fewer Metro riders in Virginia; No teens alone at the mall; Billboard bullies?; More carpool competition. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting housing regulation right
Regulating DCRA; Where there’s smoke?; How you gonna pay the rent?; The Tide turns 5; Wait for it … in an Uber room; More housing for Michigan Park; Baltimore’s new boats; EmergencyBnB; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More Metro closures coming
Shut down over single tracking; The roots of racism in Baltimore; Fast v. fast casual; MetroAccess assault; Fatal Metrobus collision; Record high housing; The world’s best walk; And…; Transportation job openings. Keep reading…