Bisnow: D.C. Apartment Rents Rise 2.5% Despite Slowing Absorption
D.C.'s apartment market experienced unexpectedly strong rent growth in the first quarter, but a surge of new deliveries this year could put downward pressure on rents.
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UrbanTurf: Two Large Rental Buildings Hit the Market in Petworth
Two large residential buildings are hitting the market in Petworth.
Washington Post: Northwest D.C. residents criticize oversight of rent voucher programs
Complaints from residents of a Northwest Washington apartment building about lax oversight of a voucher program for poor tenants are drawing scrutiny from city officials, who in recent weeks have taken steps to allay their concerns.
Curbed: What $2,100 rents in D.C. right now
See your options in neighborhoods like Capitol Hill and Eckington
Bisnow: Insight Property Group To Convert Foggy Bottom Office Building To 153 Apartments
A Foggy Bottom office building will soon be turned into apartments after the State Department moves out this year.
WTOP: Now leasing: Novel South Capitol has 42 penthouses, coworking space
WASHINGTON — Novel South Capitol, a new luxury apartment development sandwiched between Capitol Hill and Capitol Riverfront, with an on-site coworking space, has begun leasing with first move-ins expected in February.
Washington Business Journal: UIP-led venture buys Kalorama Triangle apartment building, again
For Steve Schwat and Urban Investment Partners, there’s just something about Policy that keeps them coming back for more.
Washington Business Journal: Jair Lynch to debut former Howard University dorm as luxury apartments
First it was The Meridian Hill Hotel for Women, which housed young women who moved to D.C. to fill government jobs during World War II. In the late 1960s, it was transformed into Meridian Hill Hall, a 600-unit dorm that housed Howard…
Bisnow: Metro D.C. Apartment Rent Growth Hit An 8-Year High In 2018
Rents for D.C. apartments rebounded in a big way in 2018, as buildings continue to lease up quickly and developers ramp up the pace of new construction.
WUSA9: ‘We’re ready to take control of our destiny:’ Salvadoran families, others…
Tenants of three Northwest apartment buildings will get access to nearly $11M in funding to become their own landlords as part of the District's first Preservation Fund disbursement.
WUSA9: DC landlord arrested for illegal construction
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.
jonetta rose barras: Housing discrimination in DC
His name may not be known to me — neither is the color of his hair or eyes. However, this much is indisputable: He was a homeless veteran in the District of Columbia. He died while fighting against a landlord and a management company whose…
UrbanTurf: DC Could Begin Using DOPA As Early As February
Almost a year ago, the District Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) published preliminary rules on enacting the District Opportunity to Purchase Act (DOPA). Now, weeks after the final rules were published, there is…
WUSA9: DC attorney general files housing discrimination lawsuit
The District of Columbia Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against local property management and real estate companies Evolve LLC and Evolve Property Management LLC alleging the companies “unlawfully discriminate against Section 8…
AG Racine Sues Landlord to Stop Illegal Discrimination Against Low-Income Renters
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AG RACINE SUES LANDLORD…
City Paper: Council Passes Watered-Down Measure to Strengthen Rent Control
The D.C. Council voted unanimously this afternoon to move forward a bill that would aim to strengthen rent control laws in the city, reducing the amount by which a landlord can increase a unit’s rent after its occupant moves out.
UrbanTurf: The Yellow Line Rent Watch Begins
As Amazon moves into Arlington, tens of thousands of employees will begin trickling in, and many may take advantage of Metro to commute to National Landing. This means that there are plenty of neighborhoods, including in DC, where Amazon…
Street Sense: Attorney General continues cracking down on unsafe tenant conditions
In three new lawsuits announced on Oct. 17, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine accused building owners in wards 7 and 8 of “neglecting their properties and forcing tenants to live in conditions that threaten their health and safety,”…
City Paper: Residents of Wah Luck House Have Endured Difficult Living Conditions to Remain in…
Wah Luck House stands on the corner of 6th and H streets NW in the heart of D.C.’s shrinking Chinatown. Just around the corner from the Friendship Archway, this low-income apartment complex houses—in its 153 units—the majority of the…
Bisnow: Southwest D.C. Developers See More Demand For Apartments, Hotels Than Ever Before
The opening of The Wharf, Audi Field and other amenities in Southwest D.C. are turning the neighborhood into one of the most sought-after destinations for visitors and residents, a trend developers say is unprecedented in the city's…