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Letting Landlords Off the Hook

D.C.'s watchdog agency, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, has routinely failed to pursue housing code violations.

SOURCE: DCRA, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings records | The Washington Post - March 11, 2008

This Story A Failure in Enforcement Article \| The District agency entrusted with protecting tenants has routinely overlooked decrepit and dangerous conditions at rent-controlled apartment buildings in recent years despite claims that landlords were letting buildings rot to force families out. Transcript: Forced Out Trenton's Story A Crumbling Home Letting Landlords Off the Hook Interactive Map: Search Your Neighborhood Full Series: Forced Out		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: DCRA, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings records \| The Washington Post - March 11, 2008 ¬es=D.C.'s watchdog agency, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, has routinely failed to pursue housing code violations." onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: DCRA, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings records \| The Washington Post - March 11, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Metro News » washingtonpost.com
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