LinkLinks Street Sense: DC’s Attorney General sues housing authority over safety concerns at some of its properties By Editor On Jun 12, 2020 Last updated Jun 12, 2020 58 Share D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a lawsuit against the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) on June 9 for failing to address “drug-and firearm-related nuisances at the properties.” The suit claims DCHA “…endanger[ed] over 5,000 tenants within 2,567 units in 10 public housing properties — as well as the surrounding communities in Wards 1, 5, 6, and 7” by violating the Drug-, Firearm-, or Prostitution-Related Nuisance Abatement Act, according to a press release. The announcement also says Metropolitan Police Department responded to more than 5,270 incidents including homicides, shootings, and drug offenses that took place at the properties in question between January 2019 and May 2020. 58 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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