Content categorized as Eviction

Brookland Manor residents keep battling possible displacement

Brookland Manor residents keep on fighting the possible displacement they face with upcoming redevelopment.

Seeing Double: DC drastically reduces the number of people in shelter as more double up

The Virginia Williams Family Resource Center,  the District’s access point to family shelter, opens at 8:30 every morning. Adults with children in tow are assessed,… Read more »

DC residents launch a city-wide tenant union in hopes to foster solidarity across the District

Hundreds of D.C. tenants gathered on July 20 to elect a board for the first city-wide tenant union in years and share organizing strategies to preserve affordable housing.

Cheh re-introduces eviction bill hoping to seal case records and end discrimination

A new eviction policy bill aimed at promoting a second chance for tenants with eviction records could decrease mass eviction filings by mandating a 30-day notice from landlords.

After years of questionable housing and facing homelessness, this woman will keep surviving

IjahQueen Is Peniel is losing her housing voucher following three years of poor living conditions and struggling to pay rent. She believes a paperwork error led her to fall behind on her rent and not have her lease renewed. Now she must try and find new housing without the subsidy from the state.

Landlords and advocates for the homeless community push back on new eviction legislation

Three eviction bills, some benefiting landlords and some benefiting tenants, were debated by landlords, tenants and advocates at a Sept. 24 D.C. Council hearing.  Councilmember Anita… Read more »

This court-appointed receiver filed eviction suits in bulk against tenants of two properties it intends to sell

Residents of once-Sanford Capital owned properties are being sued for back pay following divestment of the low-income real estate firm’s assets to a receivership group. 

Eviction Companies Pay Homeless People Illegally Low Wages to Put Others on the Street

Eviction companies are still illegally paying the homeless below minimum wages to put out other people on the street. Street Sense editor reported his first hand experience on an eviction truck. Reprinted with permission from Washington CityPaper.

D.C. Council Considers Free Legal Services for Washingtonians Facing Eviction

District residents facing eviction or shelter termination may soon have access to free legal services in landlord-tenant court