Said every slumlord..

What building?

American Sprawl. Our urban planning makes no sense.

i'm team #fuck12 but even Courtland Milloy quotes Jack Evens noting we are getting almost nothing for our 5.5billion dollar welfare budget (to say nothing of terrible education outcomes despite another 2.5b a yr going to that...) https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/14/juvenile-crime-parents-dc/

how come no comments here are talking about (both tenant and landlord) complaints about behaviors of people who move in to these buildings and the subsequent destruction they cause

I was viewing apartments and one had a door with windows for the same reason lmao.

dcha been a sh*tshow for decades this is not on her.

the agency, like so much of dc govt, is unfixable

its 'on brand' for sure

Maybe the biggest news here is that WaPo is doing proper investigative reporting on local issues. This has been a long long time coming.

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I believe DC landlords are required to accept vouchers and it would be discriminatory for them not to, so there's no need to overpay

Just filed today, hoping to get my DC refund before the end of the month

lol really? all her fault? come tf on

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I mean... True... Most people make mistakes. It's just most mistakes don't result in an innocent person being fucking shot 🤦🏽‍♂️

lived in a "two bedroom" basement in mount pleasant when i first moved to DC; my room was a 10x8 box with a 7' ceiling and no window.

I think where you're tripping up as that the statement should be "modern day policing in the US" developed as a response to Jim Crow laws. Focusing on the fact that the idea of policing existed before and in other countries is missing the point, possibly deliberately. It's also ignoring the fact that there are aspects to the US law enforcement and judicial system that are very unique to this country. That is because slavery/racism is woven into the fabric. It's not just something that kind of happened along side it.

Because four walls don’t make home. There needs to be minimum living space requirements, natural light requirements, etc. Things humans need to be healthy.

There's a very good chance they don't even live around DC. A lot of people brigade city subreddits, and DC is like, one of the most liberal bastions in the country so that goes doubly here.

(Case in point, they don't like being called out and I am now negative)

In THIS FCCKING BOOMTOWN, it's not a what you know, but who you know game. She's besties with Queen Muriel the First. That's all you need to know. https://dcist.com/story/21/08/13/dc-housing-authority-board-authorizes-two-year-contract-for-interim-director-brenda-donald/

Not just cops - crimeposting in general attracts the most smoothbrained, vengeful takes here.

It's actually pretty common in a lot of city subreddits and I always wonder how much of it is just brigading (which is absolutely something the right loves to do) and how much is NIMBYism.

damn almost like the government keeps messing up the housing market and it would be so much better if they got out the damn way!

Make linkedin and dice accounts they'll come to you

Trying to be hired