DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

Long-held criticism of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs — which manages everything from licensing plumbers and other professionals to enforcing housing safety codes and issuing building permits — led to a new law in April…

DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said on Monday there is “broad support for the breakup” of the large and frequently criticized DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), the subject of legislation he plans to move forward…

On an overcast Saturday afternoon, business is starting to pick up at 14th and Irving streets NW across from the Columbia Heights Metrorail station. While some shoppers head into the DC USA mall, others approach the thriving community of…

After hours of testimony, DC lawmakers seemed doubtful about city agencies’ reform efforts in the wake of a deadly fire in the Brightwood Park neighborhood. Monday’s DC Council hearing was scheduled after Fox 5 and The Washington Post…

“Anybody can choose to operate a rental business in the shadows. That’s just a reality,” Ernest Chrappah, director of the DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), recently told The Washington Post. His comment came after a…

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration will host community meetings throughout the city this summer to establish neighborhood targets laying out how to distribute a total of 12,000 new affordable housing units over the next six years. …

DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson recently revived his proposal to break up the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, which he first introduced more than a year ago in the previous council period. Under his bill, a new Department…