D.C. Council has passed a number of temporary and emergency bills to protect renters during the pandemic. Now it is considering permanent protections.
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Three bills to protect renters get a hearing this week
Council acts to seal eviction records and tamp down on serial eviction filing
The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation last week that provides for eviction records to be sealed after 30 days when eviction is not granted, and after three years when a tenant is evicted. The legislation is part of a package to limit the long term impacts of eviction, which limits the use of prior evictions for landlords deciding whether to rent to tenants and calls for the fee to file an eviction with the court to be raised.
For District residents who can’t make rent, aid is still available
Three rental assistance programs, the Emergency Rental Assistance Program the COVID-19 Housing Assistance Program and the DHCD Rental Assistance program still have funds available for tenants. With these funds, as well as further action, the District hopes to prevent an eviction surge post-pandemic.
Amid Congressional gridlock, pressure mounts on DC to apply for $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits
Without a new national relief bill in sight, the Department of Employment Services says it continues to review the $300 per week unemployment benefits being offered by the Trump administration. And with thousands of District residents behind on rent and facing food insecurity, there are growing calls for D.C. to apply.
Three Tenants Were Facing Eviction Threats. Amid A Summer Of Protest, Dozens Of Activists Mobilized
Dozens of people turned out to protest a landlord threatening to evict three tenants.
Protesters call for Anita Bonds to cancel rent and defund MPD
Organizers and D.C. residents made noise outside At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds’s house and gave speeches about the need for rent cancellation for D.C. residents.
DC Council reauthorizes existing rent control, but advocates continue push for broader protections
The D.C. council renewed the District’s existing rent control law, but did not address other areas where advocates say additional protections are necessary.
Former Ward 8 landlord to pay $3.5 million to tenants and DC over poor housing conditions
The former landlord of Forest Ridge and The Vistas, two apartment buildings in Ward 8, has agreed to pay current and former tenants $1.9 million in restitution payments to compensate them for uninhabitable living conditions.
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