The rent control law was pasted in 1985 and they chose buildings currently 10 years or older. Why 10 years exactly? Who knows? Probably just a nice round number. And it doesn’t apply to new buildings for the reasons mentioned elsewhere but mostly to encourage new construction

One of the number one reasons I enjoy DC so much is the green space. It's everywhere. I also remark on the need for more green space in other cities.

I like being able to drive into DC (as a visitor in the last and local now) and be able to drive and more importantly park without a massive headache or financial hardship.

That place is the gutter of the earth around 1am.

And I love it for that.

But this violence cannot stand.

I did it for years and had no issues. I had to give up contacts though due to dry eyes.

Sorry, I’m not tracking you — most of Europe incorporates a service fee into their meals, and outside of Iceland & Scandinavia *where tips are not expected (5-15% based on where you are) are expected ~ which is pretty much the same as what is happening here in DC currently. leaving extra isn’t necessary but is nicely appreciated; however, if a service fee isn’t included a 5-15% is expected based on where one is ~ Switzerland on the other hand wants 10% on top of their service fee. Currently in DC we are watching all of these models play out to see which works best going forward.

*edited, because brain thinks faster than typing correctly

WaPo for free as well.

Thanks! This is helpful. Just wanted to make sure they didn’t forget about me but sounds like I just need to be patient

I submitted through housing counseling services and it is being processed by DCHFA. Today is day 60 so sounds like I just need to wait a little longer

My mom did the one contact thing and it played hell with her depth perception, which led to her being injured. Do you have the same problem?

Playground quality is best in the nation.

The only servers that are just now realizing that they have eaten into their earnings are the ones that voted for I•82.

Mango as well I think! (language learning app like Duolingo)

Just don't understand what's so consequential about a building being pre or post-1976, outside of the fact that the law defines the former as being subject to rental control, and the latter does not.

There’s no incentive for anyone to work in many restaurants vs a grocery store or a 7/11, just none - for that matter, there will be a dearth of talent at lower end establishments because they are now working for a paycheck which is less that what they would’ve earned otherwise.

The lack of using the tip-credit, in conjunction with restaurants paying for healthcare and increasing wages (with or without inflation adding to the issue) is going to clamp down on the mom & pop places, and give way for corporate backed companies to fill the vacancies.

DC, and noted by the stats, has it worse than most places.

The city has a long tradition of being a temporary career way point and people come with the intention of leaving after a stint.

I don't think DC has the staying power of larger cities as it has neither the culinary and cultural appeal of ATL, Austin, NYC, Philly, nor the nearby outdoorsy benefits and general prettiness of say Denver, SF, Seattle, or Portland.

It has a tough combination of very high standard of living without a lot of the baked in benefits of other American cities. Unless you work in a specialized industry based here (NGO, Government) it's hard to keep people around.

It also has good, but not great wages like you see in tech centers like the Bay Area. (Lawyers excluded).

I'm not sure, tbh. But judging by the lack of generous happy hours around here, I think that might be one tactic used.

Also, one time I went to the Brass Rabbit in Clarendon for a $3 wine night. Of course, it turned out that was too good to be true. Wine was only $3 is you ordered it with food.

From what I am hearing, it is closer to the 60 to 75 days. The same underwriters that issue the NOEs many time do the underwriting for real deals. Therefore, if there are alot of people under contract for HPAP, they have limited amount of time to underwriter the NOEs requests.

What CBO did you go through? Also, the last time I heard, the Urban League (which used to handle the bulk of the NOEs) and were pretty good at getting them out fairly quickly, was no longer doing them and they're being processed out of DC HFA.

DC is remarkably pretty for a city of its size. I first came in the winter and it was the nicest looking of the big East Coast cities I had seen. The cherry blossoms cinched the deal.

Data drives the decisions.

So having a cop walk a beat is the same to them as saying someone has an ugly girlfriend.

You can

Boomers had voting power.

And all because of illegal price coordinating via software! Where are the arrests?

Cause they stupid