Testimony: Slumlord Deterrence Amendment Act of 2017, Housing Rehabilitation Incentives Regulation Amendment Act of 2017, Housing Code Enforcement Integrity Amendment Act of 2017
Children’s Law Center attorney Anne Cunningham recently testified about three housing bills: the Slumlord Deterrence Amendment Act of 2017, Housing Rehabilitation Incentives Regulation Amendment Act of 2017 and Housing Code Enforcement Integrity Amendment Act of 2017. These bills aim to improve tenant-related facets of DC’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Children’s Law Center is commenting on this legislation because almost all of our clients live in rental housing, which means they should be able to turn to DCRA for hlep in the face of illegal, unhealthy housing conditions their landlords refuse to repair. Unfortunately, neither our clients nor those residing in DC’s other 180,000 occupied rental units can depend on DCRA to do its job. Read the full testimony here!