RENTERS: No license, no rent

[Anonymous]

OP. I really don’t see a problem.

Everyone without a CofO/rental license can do STR/AirBnB. The really bad ones won’t get rented, market will determine the price and people can leave freely. It’s very generous in fact. You just need an easy to get license. And to pay your taxes.

Everyone who would then still rent out illegal units should be subject to the laws, fines and renter action to the full extent of the new laws AND even more tenant-friendly judicial practice.

It’s a win-win. Safe housing. Option for illegal-basementers to make some income legally. Taxes for the city.

What’s the problem?

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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.

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.

Again, what's the obsession with eviction? Which one of us is a slumlord again? Who are these tenants renting your places that cause you so much concern about being able to evict them.

I've never had to evict anyone from any place I ever rented out, ever. Or even come close. Come to think of it, I don't know of anyone anywhere who's been evicted.

We must live in different worlds. Yours sounds pretty slummy.

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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.

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.

The point is DC residents now have much higher fire hazards from legalized airbnbs next door which have no COO. The market will decide - they rent pretty well and have changeovers every 3 days, and short term guests don't care about burning candles etc. I worry as DC resident.

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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.

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.

Again, what's the obsession with eviction? Which one of us is a slumlord again? Who are these tenants renting your places that cause you so much concern about being able to evict them.

I've never had to evict anyone from any place I ever rented out, ever. Or even come close. Come to think of it, I don't know of anyone anywhere who's been evicted.

We must live in different worlds. Yours sounds pretty slummy.

Sure, illegal landlord. Get a license.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP. I really don’t see a problem.

Everyone without a CofO/rental license can do STR/AirBnB. The really bad ones won’t get rented, market will determine the price and people can leave freely. It’s very generous in fact. You just need an easy to get license. And to pay your taxes.

Everyone who would then still rent out illegal units should be subject to the laws, fines and renter action to the full extent of the new laws AND even more tenant-friendly judicial practice.

It’s a win-win. Safe housing. Option for illegal-basementers to make some income legally. Taxes for the city.

What’s the problem?

The problem is that you are screaming that not licensed landlord killed tenants in his Riggs rental. But DCRA de-facto legalized STR without COO, which INCREASES fire hazards for DC residents next door. Legalizing the way they did it has nothing to do with safe housing. If they asked every STR applicant apply for COO then I would say yes, DCRA cares for DC residents and their tenants. But now I say they only care for collecting licenses fees from STR and VR

[Anonymous]

How do these illegal landlords pay their taxes and file the D-30 without being flagged by OTR/DCRA? Or do they just commit tax fraud?

[Anonymous]

Check out the basement Arbnb unit in this place, which the listing says brings in $6000 a month. It wouldn't rent long term even half that.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1331-Wallach-Pl-NW-20009/home/9871540

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do these illegal landlords pay their taxes and file the D-30 without being flagged by OTR/DCRA? Or do they just commit tax fraud?

I pay all of my taxes and file all required forms and assume the risk of being flagged. That's how. Tax fraud is a criminal offense.
Not having a certificate of occupancy is not.

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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.

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.

Again, what's the obsession with eviction? Which one of us is a slumlord again? Who are these tenants renting your places that cause you so much concern about being able to evict them.

I've never had to evict anyone from any place I ever rented out, ever. Or even come close. Come to think of it, I don't know of anyone anywhere who's been evicted.

We must live in different worlds. Yours sounds pretty slummy.

Sure, illegal landlord. Get a license.

It's a serious question. If you're so concerned about protecting tenants' health and safety, why are you constantly arguing about how hard it is to evict them without a license? Seems odd.

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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.

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.

The point is DC residents now have much higher fire hazards from legalized airbnbs next door which have no COO. The market will decide - they rent pretty well and have changeovers every 3 days, and short term guests don't care about burning candles etc. I worry as DC resident.

I think time will come when the city will start far more stringent licensing inspections for these ones too, and then shut down repetitive violators. Like party dens etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check out the basement Arbnb unit in this place, which the listing says brings in $6000 a month. It wouldn't rent long term even half that.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1331-Wallach-Pl-NW-20009/home/9871540

Well, this is not a good example as they also have a legal 2-family rental license and an official certificate of occupancy from 2015. Stop counting someone's legal money. Buy a house at $1.4mm yourself first, pay property taxes and mortgage, get COO and then count your money from legit rental airbnb in the basement.

But the point is there are plenty of other rentals with short term licenses for airbnbs that have NO certificate of occupancy or official basement rental unit with own COO. They can rent these basements as "room" in the house without any fire protections.

DCRA gives no shit about DC residents only about money collected from licenses

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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.

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.

Again, what's the obsession with eviction? Which one of us is a slumlord again? Who are these tenants renting your places that cause you so much concern about being able to evict them.

I've never had to evict anyone from any place I ever rented out, ever. Or even come close. Come to think of it, I don't know of anyone anywhere who's been evicted.

We must live in different worlds. Yours sounds pretty slummy.

Sure, illegal landlord. Get a license.

It's a serious question. If you're so concerned about protecting tenants' health and safety, why are you constantly arguing about how hard it is to evict them without a license? Seems odd.

Because, reasoning with some of the illegal landlords is pointless. They don’t care about the laws and some even see themselves as a (feudal) master saviors of low-income renters. So there’s a way to get through to them that they will have to hear and understand. And it’s perfectly within the law and current judicial practice. Remember this started with someone bragging about being an illegal landlord for over a decade and how no one could do anything about it.

Don’t call the OP Bruh. Also get the license.

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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.

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.

Again, what's the obsession with eviction? Which one of us is a slumlord again? Who are these tenants renting your places that cause you so much concern about being able to evict them.

I've never had to evict anyone from any place I ever rented out, ever. Or even come close. Come to think of it, I don't know of anyone anywhere who's been evicted.

We must live in different worlds. Yours sounds pretty slummy.

Sure, illegal landlord. Get a license.

It's a serious question. If you're so concerned about protecting tenants' health and safety, why are you constantly arguing about how hard it is to evict them without a license? Seems odd.

Because, reasoning with some of the illegal landlords is pointless. They don’t care about the laws and some even see themselves as a (feudal) master saviors of low-income renters. So there’s a way to get through to them that they will have to hear and understand. And it’s perfectly within the law and current judicial practice. Remember this started with someone bragging about being an illegal landlord for over a decade and how no one could do anything about it.

Don’t call the OP Bruh. Also get the license.

It took me a minute to check rental license on the property cited above. Why are tenants moving into the rental units without licenses? Can you answer, in the end? Do they plan ahead NOT to pay rent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP. I really don’t see a problem.

Everyone without a CofO/rental license can do STR/AirBnB. The really bad ones won’t get rented, market will determine the price and people can leave freely. It’s very generous in fact. You just need an easy to get license. And to pay your taxes.

Everyone who would then still rent out illegal units should be subject to the laws, fines and renter action to the full extent of the new laws AND even more tenant-friendly judicial practice.

It’s a win-win. Safe housing. Option for illegal-basementers to make some income legally. Taxes for the city.

What’s the problem?

The problem is that you are screaming that not licensed landlord killed tenants in his Riggs rental. But DCRA de-facto legalized STR without COO, which INCREASES fire hazards for DC residents next door. Legalizing the way they did it has nothing to do with safe housing. If they asked every STR applicant apply for COO then I would say yes, DCRA cares for DC residents and their tenants. But now I say they only care for collecting licenses fees from STR and VR

I agree with part of this. In my opinion, the next step should be to block anyone who couldn’t get a license for a long term rental from renting the same place as a “whole place to yourself” short-term. The income drop would weed out the bad apples.

[Anonymous]

Getting rental income is not a right.

You need to earn that right.

The way to do that is to get inspected and licensed.