RENTERS: No license, no rent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By the way, I love how fantastic all these illegal rentals are — yet you go to 90% of the houses, and windows are painted shut and landlords cry over egresses and rails on this board.

The Landlord started the fire on Riggs. Their laxity led to the deaths of two amazing people. A 9-year old died since. Get a license, or do short term rental.

Brekelmans couldn’t escape, the lawsuit said, because of “inoperable windows, lack of a proper and functioning fire escape, and lack of smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and other adequate fire emergency systems.” The suit alleged that Len and Max Salas were “negligent” in not installing and maintaining proper smoke detector systems, which it said would have alerted Brekelmans to get out safely.

You are being so unreasonable. No one here has come close to suggesting that any of that was acceptable or risks to human life that they are willing to take. The complaints here are about draconian regulations and regulations that are not uniformly enforced and that leave certification decisions in the hands of incompetent or unfair inspectors or both.

So, again, I will ask: how you ever driven 26 MPH in a 25 MPH zone?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't want to rent a non-licensed rental - ask landlord for the license. All my tenants do ask. You can also check online by the property address.

But tenants who move in without asking and then stop paying blackmailing the landlord are just as equal scumbags as the landlords who rent without a license.

Yes, sure. But plenty scumbags on here saying I don’t care I’ll take my chances. Health and safety laws are stupid and I know my rental is fine.

So it’s only fair that renters know they can say I’ll take my chances too. Only the renters would be right, given the current DC Court practice. Good luck.

Every illegal rental I find out about, I will make sure to let the renters know what they can do. If the guy calls me Bruh or tries to mansplain he’s within his rights to illegally rent, I’ll also report him.

Just don't scream and cry here how poor tenants ended up in illegal rental, ok? They are just scumbags and know without you what they can do, so your nosy help is not helping anyone.
The tenants usually get a hefty discount from rent for renting non-licensed accommodations (which is why they do rent them). $1500/month vs $1900/month or so.

I have licenses for my rental, but I recommend all landlords who cannot afford increase ceiling height for COO just check credit score, get SSN from the applying tenants and never accept anyone without a min 720 score. If they don't pay, I am getting employment references requests from people who lived at my property 10 years ago. Employers do care of you pay your rent and had no legal disputes, they won't be checking who is right who is wrong. They just won't hire anyone with a non paid rent, period.

Good luck getting a job in DC with your tenant dispute, where everything requires background check.

Also, I recommend landlords make use of 90-days notice to vacate and then move the tenants' belongings to a safe storage and change locks. They would be the party hiring attorneys to gain access back into your house and good luck with that, too!

And this people is who these “landlords” are! Guess what buddy, evictions are going to be sealed if you can even get one. Renter can sue you if you contact their employer. Employers don’t care. You are delusional.

I won't even file for eviction you stupider. It's my property - good luck with claiming "damages" for unpaid rent. And with free legal help while having an income. Or with paying a $10000 retainer to real estate attorney to get back into my property or claim "damages". I will move in my mom into my basement and it's totally legit taking over for personal use.

Employers contact me for reference BEFORE people are hired. I've filled out many references forms

No buddy. Times have a-changed. Plenty of free legal resources. And yes, a felony.

You have to be low income to be eligible for free legal help. I know, tried to get it myself when my exH was trying to harass the tenants at our joint property during divorce. They also make you wait for free legal help and won't be filing paperwork for your with courts and DCRA if your income is higher than min poverty level. They will recommend to hire an attorney and scumbag tenants who dont pay rent won't ever pay a $10,000 retainer to lawyer.

Plus, even if they do, the best outcome for them would be settling with the landlord for the amount equivalent to 3 months of unpaid rent.

Go kiss your low back.

Tenants are in full power to check rental licenses before they move in. Anyone who moves in into a rental without a license understand they are getting a rent discount

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't want to rent a non-licensed rental - ask landlord for the license. All my tenants do ask. You can also check online by the property address.

But tenants who move in without asking and then stop paying blackmailing the landlord are just as equal scumbags as the landlords who rent without a license.

Yes, sure. But plenty scumbags on here saying I don’t care I’ll take my chances. Health and safety laws are stupid and I know my rental is fine.

So it’s only fair that renters know they can say I’ll take my chances too. Only the renters would be right, given the current DC Court practice. Good luck.

Every illegal rental I find out about, I will make sure to let the renters know what they can do. If the guy calls me Bruh or tries to mansplain he’s within his rights to illegally rent, I’ll also report him.

Just don't scream and cry here how poor tenants ended up in illegal rental, ok? They are just scumbags and know without you what they can do, so your nosy help is not helping anyone.
The tenants usually get a hefty discount from rent for renting non-licensed accommodations (which is why they do rent them). $1500/month vs $1900/month or so.

I have licenses for my rental, but I recommend all landlords who cannot afford increase ceiling height for COO just check credit score, get SSN from the applying tenants and never accept anyone without a min 720 score. If they don't pay, I am getting employment references requests from people who lived at my property 10 years ago. Employers do care of you pay your rent and had no legal disputes, they won't be checking who is right who is wrong. They just won't hire anyone with a non paid rent, period.

Good luck getting a job in DC with your tenant dispute, where everything requires background check.

Also, I recommend landlords make use of 90-days notice to vacate and then move the tenants' belongings to a safe storage and change locks. They would be the party hiring attorneys to gain access back into your house and good luck with that, too!

And this people is who these “landlords” are! Guess what buddy, evictions are going to be sealed if you can even get one. Renter can sue you if you contact their employer. Employers don’t care. You are delusional.

I won't even file for eviction you stupider. It's my property - good luck with claiming "damages" for unpaid rent. And with free legal help while having an income. Or with paying a $10000 retainer to real estate attorney to get back into my property or claim "damages". I will move in my mom into my basement and it's totally legit taking over for personal use.

Employers contact me for reference BEFORE people are hired. I've filled out many references forms

No buddy. Times have a-changed. Plenty of free legal resources. And yes, a felony.

You have to be low income to be eligible for free legal help. I know, tried to get it myself when my exH was trying to harass the tenants at our joint property during divorce. They also make you wait for free legal help and won't be filing paperwork for your with courts and DCRA if your income is higher than min poverty level. They will recommend to hire an attorney and scumbag tenants who dont pay rent won't ever pay a $10,000 retainer to lawyer.

Plus, even if they do, the best outcome for them would be settling with the landlord for the amount equivalent to 3 months of unpaid rent.

Go kiss your low back.

Tenants are in full power to check rental licenses before they move in. Anyone who moves in into a rental without a license understand they are getting a rent discount

No you don’t. In fact. There are many resources available. And they don’t need a lawyer at all to win on every count. You don’t stand a chance.

But I’m glad you’re showing your true face.

[Anonymous]

It’s not legal to rent a place without a license/cofo. No excuse.
No matter how nice and safe and healthy the renegade landlord says. And he’s probably lying.

Here’s an analogy. It’s not legal to shoot people. But it’s also not legal to threaten them with a gun. But what if the gun wasn’t loaded? What if you were well intentioned and it was perfectly safe? Doesn’t matter. No excuses.

[Anonymous]

Previous emergency bills barred evictions when tenants owed less than $600 in rent and allowed the DC Superior Court to automatically seal eviction records, protections the 2022 bill strengthened. The notice of a landlord’s intent to evict now must be provided not just in English but also in a tenant’s primary language in accordance with the Language Access Act of 2004. The landlord must make it clear to tenants that they have the right to stay in the unit until evicted and provide them with information about available legal services. The bill also clarifies that the court can provide sealed eviction records to a tenant without reopening the record. It also adds the existence of a sealed eviction record as a protected trait to DC’s Human Rights Act and allows tenants to sue landlords for compensation if their rights are violated.

[Anonymous]

https://www.dcbar.org/pro-bono/free-legal-help/help-for-individuals/landlord-tenant-resource-center

[Anonymous]

https://www.legalaiddc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Training-on-new-eviction-legislation-8.12.21.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't want to rent a non-licensed rental - ask landlord for the license. All my tenants do ask. You can also check online by the property address.

But tenants who move in without asking and then stop paying blackmailing the landlord are just as equal scumbags as the landlords who rent without a license.

Yes, sure. But plenty scumbags on here saying I don’t care I’ll take my chances. Health and safety laws are stupid and I know my rental is fine.

So it’s only fair that renters know they can say I’ll take my chances too. Only the renters would be right, given the current DC Court practice. Good luck.

Every illegal rental I find out about, I will make sure to let the renters know what they can do. If the guy calls me Bruh or tries to mansplain he’s within his rights to illegally rent, I’ll also report him.

Just don't scream and cry here how poor tenants ended up in illegal rental, ok? They are just scumbags and know without you what they can do, so your nosy help is not helping anyone.
The tenants usually get a hefty discount from rent for renting non-licensed accommodations (which is why they do rent them). $1500/month vs $1900/month or so.

I have licenses for my rental, but I recommend all landlords who cannot afford increase ceiling height for COO just check credit score, get SSN from the applying tenants and never accept anyone without a min 720 score. If they don't pay, I am getting employment references requests from people who lived at my property 10 years ago. Employers do care of you pay your rent and had no legal disputes, they won't be checking who is right who is wrong. They just won't hire anyone with a non paid rent, period.

Good luck getting a job in DC with your tenant dispute, where everything requires background check.

Also, I recommend landlords make use of 90-days notice to vacate and then move the tenants' belongings to a safe storage and change locks. They would be the party hiring attorneys to gain access back into your house and good luck with that, too!

And this people is who these “landlords” are! Guess what buddy, evictions are going to be sealed if you can even get one. Renter can sue you if you contact their employer. Employers don’t care. You are delusional.

I won't even file for eviction you stupider. It's my property - good luck with claiming "damages" for unpaid rent. And with free legal help while having an income. Or with paying a $10000 retainer to real estate attorney to get back into my property or claim "damages". I will move in my mom into my basement and it's totally legit taking over for personal use.

Employers contact me for reference BEFORE people are hired. I've filled out many references forms

No buddy. Times have a-changed. Plenty of free legal resources. And yes, a felony.

You have to be low income to be eligible for free legal help. I know, tried to get it myself when my exH was trying to harass the tenants at our joint property during divorce. They also make you wait for free legal help and won't be filing paperwork for your with courts and DCRA if your income is higher than min poverty level. They will recommend to hire an attorney and scumbag tenants who dont pay rent won't ever pay a $10,000 retainer to lawyer.

Plus, even if they do, the best outcome for them would be settling with the landlord for the amount equivalent to 3 months of unpaid rent.

Go kiss your low back.

Tenants are in full power to check rental licenses before they move in. Anyone who moves in into a rental without a license understand they are getting a rent discount

Tell that to the judge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:By the way, I love how fantastic all these illegal rentals are — yet you go to 90% of the houses, and windows are painted shut and landlords cry over egresses and rails on this board.

The Landlord started the fire on Riggs. Their laxity led to the deaths of two amazing people. A 9-year old died since. Get a license, or do short term rental.

Brekelmans couldn’t escape, the lawsuit said, because of “inoperable windows, lack of a proper and functioning fire escape, and lack of smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and other adequate fire emergency systems.” The suit alleged that Len and Max Salas were “negligent” in not installing and maintaining proper smoke detector systems, which it said would have alerted Brekelmans to get out safely.

You are being so unreasonable. No one here has come close to suggesting that any of that was acceptable or risks to human life that they are willing to take. The complaints here are about draconian regulations and regulations that are not uniformly enforced and that leave certification decisions in the hands of incompetent or unfair inspectors or both.

So, again, I will ask: how you ever driven 26 MPH in a 25 MPH zone?

Not an equivalent. Yes you are risking human lives. That’s the main purpose of the inspection that leads to licensing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't want to rent a non-licensed rental - ask landlord for the license. All my tenants do ask. You can also check online by the property address.

But tenants who move in without asking and then stop paying blackmailing the landlord are just as equal scumbags as the landlords who rent without a license.

Yes, sure. But plenty scumbags on here saying I don’t care I’ll take my chances. Health and safety laws are stupid and I know my rental is fine.

So it’s only fair that renters know they can say I’ll take my chances too. Only the renters would be right, given the current DC Court practice. Good luck.

Every illegal rental I find out about, I will make sure to let the renters know what they can do. If the guy calls me Bruh or tries to mansplain he’s within his rights to illegally rent, I’ll also report him.

Just don't scream and cry here how poor tenants ended up in illegal rental, ok? They are just scumbags and know without you what they can do, so your nosy help is not helping anyone.
The tenants usually get a hefty discount from rent for renting non-licensed accommodations (which is why they do rent them). $1500/month vs $1900/month or so.

I have licenses for my rental, but I recommend all landlords who cannot afford increase ceiling height for COO just check credit score, get SSN from the applying tenants and never accept anyone without a min 720 score. If they don't pay, I am getting employment references requests from people who lived at my property 10 years ago. Employers do care of you pay your rent and had no legal disputes, they won't be checking who is right who is wrong. They just won't hire anyone with a non paid rent, period.

Good luck getting a job in DC with your tenant dispute, where everything requires background check.

Also, I recommend landlords make use of 90-days notice to vacate and then move the tenants' belongings to a safe storage and change locks. They would be the party hiring attorneys to gain access back into your house and good luck with that, too!

Oh can’t wait! Self-help eviction is so illegal. At the point when you do the above you’ve also just committed a felony by robbing someone etc. I’ll get double popcorn for this one.

All of this to avoid getting a $250 license?!

Sigh. I have the $250 license. How many times do I have to say that? The license is nothing. It’s getting the runaround on the C of O that is the issua.

Please, I beg of you, READ comments before reacting.

Yes, but you should NOT be able to get the license without a CofO? There.

[Anonymous]

Lots and lots of legal resources:

https://oag.dc.gov/tenant-resources/legal-help-tenants

https://dctenants.com/

https://oag.dc.gov/tenant-resources/legal-help-tenants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't want to rent a non-licensed rental - ask landlord for the license. All my tenants do ask. You can also check online by the property address.

But tenants who move in without asking and then stop paying blackmailing the landlord are just as equal scumbags as the landlords who rent without a license.

Yes, sure. But plenty scumbags on here saying I don’t care I’ll take my chances. Health and safety laws are stupid and I know my rental is fine.

So it’s only fair that renters know they can say I’ll take my chances too. Only the renters would be right, given the current DC Court practice. Good luck.

Every illegal rental I find out about, I will make sure to let the renters know what they can do. If the guy calls me Bruh or tries to mansplain he’s within his rights to illegally rent, I’ll also report him.

Just don't scream and cry here how poor tenants ended up in illegal rental, ok? They are just scumbags and know without you what they can do, so your nosy help is not helping anyone.
The tenants usually get a hefty discount from rent for renting non-licensed accommodations (which is why they do rent them). $1500/month vs $1900/month or so.

I have licenses for my rental, but I recommend all landlords who cannot afford increase ceiling height for COO just check credit score, get SSN from the applying tenants and never accept anyone without a min 720 score. If they don't pay, I am getting employment references requests from people who lived at my property 10 years ago. Employers do care of you pay your rent and had no legal disputes, they won't be checking who is right who is wrong. They just won't hire anyone with a non paid rent, period.

Good luck getting a job in DC with your tenant dispute, where everything requires background check.

Also, I recommend landlords make use of 90-days notice to vacate and then move the tenants' belongings to a safe storage and change locks. They would be the party hiring attorneys to gain access back into your house and good luck with that, too!

Oh can’t wait! Self-help eviction is so illegal. At the point when you do the above you’ve also just committed a felony by robbing someone etc. I’ll get double popcorn for this one.

All of this to avoid getting a $250 license?!

Sigh. I have the $250 license. How many times do I have to say that? The license is nothing. It’s getting the runaround on the C of O that is the issua.

Please, I beg of you, READ comments before reacting.

Yes, but you should NOT be able to get the license without a CofO? There.

New airbnb regulations in DC allow STR licenses without a legal CoFo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't want to rent a non-licensed rental - ask landlord for the license. All my tenants do ask. You can also check online by the property address.

But tenants who move in without asking and then stop paying blackmailing the landlord are just as equal scumbags as the landlords who rent without a license.

Yes, sure. But plenty scumbags on here saying I don’t care I’ll take my chances. Health and safety laws are stupid and I know my rental is fine.

So it’s only fair that renters know they can say I’ll take my chances too. Only the renters would be right, given the current DC Court practice. Good luck.

Every illegal rental I find out about, I will make sure to let the renters know what they can do. If the guy calls me Bruh or tries to mansplain he’s within his rights to illegally rent, I’ll also report him.

Just don't scream and cry here how poor tenants ended up in illegal rental, ok? They are just scumbags and know without you what they can do, so your nosy help is not helping anyone.
The tenants usually get a hefty discount from rent for renting non-licensed accommodations (which is why they do rent them). $1500/month vs $1900/month or so.

I have licenses for my rental, but I recommend all landlords who cannot afford increase ceiling height for COO just check credit score, get SSN from the applying tenants and never accept anyone without a min 720 score. If they don't pay, I am getting employment references requests from people who lived at my property 10 years ago. Employers do care of you pay your rent and had no legal disputes, they won't be checking who is right who is wrong. They just won't hire anyone with a non paid rent, period.

Good luck getting a job in DC with your tenant dispute, where everything requires background check.

Also, I recommend landlords make use of 90-days notice to vacate and then move the tenants' belongings to a safe storage and change locks. They would be the party hiring attorneys to gain access back into your house and good luck with that, too!

Oh can’t wait! Self-help eviction is so illegal. At the point when you do the above you’ve also just committed a felony by robbing someone etc. I’ll get double popcorn for this one.

All of this to avoid getting a $250 license?!

Sigh. I have the $250 license. How many times do I have to say that? The license is nothing. It’s getting the runaround on the C of O that is the issua.

Please, I beg of you, READ comments before reacting.

Yes, but you should NOT be able to get the license without a CofO? There.

New airbnb regulations in DC allow STR licenses without a legal CoFo.

Yes. So turn your illegal rental to an STR. Let the market decide.

But you cannot rent LT a unit without CofO/license. End of story.

You have no rights at all in that situation because you are engaged in an illegal activity and the tenant laws were consideredably strengthened.

By the way, any judge will lough you out if the courthouse. Self-help eviction will be a nightmare you’ll never wake up from. So just be a reasonable human being.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:By the way, I love how fantastic all these illegal rentals are — yet you go to 90% of the houses, and windows are painted shut and landlords cry over egresses and rails on this board.

The Landlord started the fire on Riggs. Their laxity led to the deaths of two amazing people. A 9-year old died since. Get a license, or do short term rental.

Brekelmans couldn’t escape, the lawsuit said, because of “inoperable windows, lack of a proper and functioning fire escape, and lack of smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and other adequate fire emergency systems.” The suit alleged that Len and Max Salas were “negligent” in not installing and maintaining proper smoke detector systems, which it said would have alerted Brekelmans to get out safely.

You are being so unreasonable. No one here has come close to suggesting that any of that was acceptable or risks to human life that they are willing to take. The complaints here are about draconian regulations and regulations that are not uniformly enforced and that leave certification decisions in the hands of incompetent or unfair inspectors or both.

So, again, I will ask: how you ever driven 26 MPH in a 25 MPH zone?

Not an equivalent. Yes you are risking human lives. That’s the main purpose of the inspection that leads to licensing

Of course it's the same analogy. You're assuming that every landlord who hasn't jumped through all the hoops needed to get a C of O is the Riggs Street landlord. Your analogy to shooting a gun is also just ridiculous.

When you go over the speed limit, even just a little, you are violating the law. The reason for speed limits is to protect human lives.

Every time you go 26 MPH is a 25 MPH zone you are violating a law put in place to protect human life. End of story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't want to rent a non-licensed rental - ask landlord for the license. All my tenants do ask. You can also check online by the property address.

But tenants who move in without asking and then stop paying blackmailing the landlord are just as equal scumbags as the landlords who rent without a license.

Yes, sure. But plenty scumbags on here saying I don’t care I’ll take my chances. Health and safety laws are stupid and I know my rental is fine.

So it’s only fair that renters know they can say I’ll take my chances too. Only the renters would be right, given the current DC Court practice. Good luck.

Every illegal rental I find out about, I will make sure to let the renters know what they can do. If the guy calls me Bruh or tries to mansplain he’s within his rights to illegally rent, I’ll also report him.

Just don't scream and cry here how poor tenants ended up in illegal rental, ok? They are just scumbags and know without you what they can do, so your nosy help is not helping anyone.
The tenants usually get a hefty discount from rent for renting non-licensed accommodations (which is why they do rent them). $1500/month vs $1900/month or so.

I have licenses for my rental, but I recommend all landlords who cannot afford increase ceiling height for COO just check credit score, get SSN from the applying tenants and never accept anyone without a min 720 score. If they don't pay, I am getting employment references requests from people who lived at my property 10 years ago. Employers do care of you pay your rent and had no legal disputes, they won't be checking who is right who is wrong. They just won't hire anyone with a non paid rent, period.

Good luck getting a job in DC with your tenant dispute, where everything requires background check.

Also, I recommend landlords make use of 90-days notice to vacate and then move the tenants' belongings to a safe storage and change locks. They would be the party hiring attorneys to gain access back into your house and good luck with that, too!

And this people is who these “landlords” are! Guess what buddy, evictions are going to be sealed if you can even get one. Renter can sue you if you contact their employer. Employers don’t care. You are delusional.

I won't even file for eviction you stupider. It's my property - good luck with claiming "damages" for unpaid rent. And with free legal help while having an income. Or with paying a $10000 retainer to real estate attorney to get back into my property or claim "damages". I will move in my mom into my basement and it's totally legit taking over for personal use.

Employers contact me for reference BEFORE people are hired. I've filled out many references forms

No buddy. Times have a-changed. Plenty of free legal resources. And yes, a felony.

You have to be low income to be eligible for free legal help. I know, tried to get it myself when my exH was trying to harass the tenants at our joint property during divorce. They also make you wait for free legal help and won't be filing paperwork for your with courts and DCRA if your income is higher than min poverty level. They will recommend to hire an attorney and scumbag tenants who dont pay rent won't ever pay a $10,000 retainer to lawyer.

Plus, even if they do, the best outcome for them would be settling with the landlord for the amount equivalent to 3 months of unpaid rent.

Go kiss your low back.

Tenants are in full power to check rental licenses before they move in. Anyone who moves in into a rental without a license understand they are getting a rent discount

No you don’t. In fact. There are many resources available. And they don’t need a lawyer at all to win on every count. You don’t stand a chance.

But I’m glad you’re showing your true face.

Can you answer the question why the tenants applied and moved into non-licensed accommodation in the first place, whereby all licenses info is easily accessible online? Also , why STR license does not require getting a complex COO? Short term stays entail far more risk but for some reason "tenant concerned" DCRA now allows renting out rooms in the house as long as the house as whole has STR or vacation rental license. Anyone with STR license can rent their basement without separate exit on other side of the building as a room in their house. Legalized renting without COO as long as the owner is on site. How is it resolving the fire hazards if the basement has no egress? Bummer.

DCRA doesnt' care for tenants; they only collect licensing fees and protect hotels lobby