Performance Oversight Hearing: Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection
Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn testified before the District of Columbia Council at the performance oversight hearing for the Committee on Public Works and Operations. Children’s Law Center would like to see DLCP continue taking steps to implement a proactive approach to corporate transparency enforcement. She testifies that significant improvements are still needed to ensure most landlords are in substantive compliance.
Her testimony details how 1) DC tenants continue to be harmed by pervasive non-compliance with corporate transparency requirements; 2) DLCP can establish a more effective proactive enforcement regime for corporate transparency; and 3) DLCP can use planned updates to its corporate registration system to increase compliance with transparency requirements and support District-wide efforts to identify landlords with a pattern of exploitative practices across multiple properties.