DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

It’s a homeowner or renter’s nightmare. Something catches your eye in the corner of your living room. Upon closer look you see it’s a pattern of mold blooming at the base of the wall. You have to get rid of it immediately.

After an oversight hearing earlier this month where more or less nothing was learned, the D.C. Council on Wednesday had another meeting trying to ascertain how and why developers of a new museum destroyed so much historically protected…

As Mayor Muriel Bowser walked around the permit center at the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) on Tuesday afternoon, one thing seemed to be on her mind: how much of what people were waiting in line for could simply…

Mayor Muriel Bowser continues to tweak her administration in the months after she won reelection, announcing on Tuesday that she will nominate Ernest Chrappah, the former chief of the Department of For-Hire Vehicles, as the permanent…

A year ago, DC Council chair Phil Mendelson introduced a bill to spin off the building permitting responsibilities of DC's Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) into a newly-created Department of Buildings (DOB). Now, the…

There are only 18 buildings in the entire District of Columbia with as much historical preservation protection as the Franklin School, a stately and beautiful building on K Street NW erected in 1869 as the District’s first high school. Both…

The office of Attorney General Karl Racine filed a lawsuit last month against property management company 220 Hamilton Street LLC, which owns its namesake apartment complex, a 34-unit building in Brightwood Park. The District is suing the…

WASHINGTON -- D.C. landlord, Alicia Hines, was arrested Monday afternoon for violating five different housing code violations including, working without a permit and violating a stop work order.

As UrbanTurf reported earlier this year, the DC area is facing a housing shortage that will necessitate production of over 25,000 additional housing units annually. Now, it is about to get harder to build multi-family properties in some…

Genet Amare, an official with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit in Superior Court that -- if its allegations are proved -- gives a rare window on a D.C agency’s disdainful treatment of…

Early this summer, Ward 1 neighbors and lawmakers directed a fresh wave of scrutiny at The Line Hotel in Adams Morgan after revelations that the hotel was operating under a series of temporary certificates of occupancy, despite the fact…

Three senior officials at the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs were fired this week, less than 10 days after the agency’s director,  Melinda Bolling, announced that she was leaving for another job.

Former director Melinda Bolling and three high level employees leave behind a FOIA lawsuit and lingering problems.

Man says when landlord refused to make repairs, she got an assist from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs to push him out of his home.

A woman living with disabilities shares her nearly year long nightmare with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs in an effort to maintain her independence.

Melinda Bolling, the director of the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, is leaving her post, sources tell WAMU.