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Testimony: Department of Buildings Establishment Act
Almost all of Children’s Law Center’s clients are low-income tenants, which means they should be able to turn to DC’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) for help in the face of illegal, unhealthy housing conditions and landlords who refuse to make repairs. Unfortunately, neither our clients nor those residing in DC’s otherapproximately 180,000 occupied rental units can depend on this agency. As a result, DC tenants—especially DC’s low-income tenants—have little recourse for improving the conditions in their unsafe and unhealthy homes. CLC attorneys Anne Cunningham and Kathy Zeisel testify.