‘Hold slumlords accountable': DC landlord ordered to pay $1.5M in rent refunds

‘Hold slumlords accountable': DC landlord ordered to pay $1.5M in rent refunds

A D.C. judge ordered a landlord to pay almost $7 million in fines and rent refunds after the D.C. attorney general sued for violating housing codes. Residents spent years living with issues like mold, rats, sewage leaks, crumbling walls and ceilings, and toxic lead contamination. Landlord Adolphe Edwards owned nine apartment buildings in the District that had deplorable conditions, according...

D.C. Council Passes Eviction Bill After Making Landlord-Backed Changes

A bill that would make substantial changes to the way eviction cases are handled in D.C. — the city with the highest level of unpaid rent in the country — is heading to the mayor's desk.