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AnonyJustAName t1_j8so4yk wrote

Reply to comment by EastoftheCap in WaPo: DC overpays landlords millions to house the city’s poorest by ahtigers10

https://www.streetsensemedia.org/article/tensions-cleveland-park/

https://www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/the-brandywine-apartments-like-sedgwick-gardens-is-seeing-an-influx-of-voucher-holders/

This one goes into detail re: a hearing before Bonds in 2019, these issues were known and likely a feature not a bug. https://thedcline.org/2019/05/31/a-connecticut-avenue-apartment-complex-shows-effects-of-a-legal-loophole-and-cracks-in-city-housing-subsidy-programs/

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ahtigers10 OP t1_j8svknw wrote

Interesting. It mentions in these articles that the DC Council eventually passed a law closing the loophole that previously allowed landlords to keep rates high in rent-controlled units after they were leased by a voucher-holder who then moved out, rather than having to revert back to the rent-controlled rate. It remained unfunded for a while, but was "eventually" funded it seems. Do you know if this law is still on the books? Is this loophole closure still being funded? Can't seem to find any recent information about it.

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