Stabbing at The Brandywine in 4500 block Connecticut Ave. NW DC

[Anonymous]

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Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

Agree. Count yourself very lucky to have moved on before this program took off.

We don't really have mental hospitals anymore. Even CA has changed the law re: involuntary commitment and Newsome signed it. DC needs to adopt best practices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

[Anonymous]

I generally loathe guns and don’t own them. But increasingly I wonder if the way to get a handle on crime in DC is if more law abiding citizens, taxi drivers, Uber drivers carried pistols with a reasonable DC stand your ground law to protect them if the are mugged, car jacked, etc. The predators might think twice before preying on others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

He cares more about criminals than law-abiding taxpayers. He’s made that crystal clear.

You get what you vote for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

Frumin is still worshipping at the alter of “welcoming”, “inclusion” and “tolerance.” I’d love to hear him say that we are not going to tolerate an increase in violent crime in his ward and do not wish to welcome violent criminals and unstable individuals to commit crimes and create mayhem in our neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

He cares more about criminals than law-abiding taxpayers. He’s made that crystal clear.

You get what you vote for.

No he hasn't. He has said that he's not for canceling or throttling back on the vouch program - which does help many, many, many families- because a few bad apples are operating within it and causing shit like this.

That's a reasonable position to take.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

He cares more about criminals than law-abiding taxpayers. He’s made that crystal clear.

You get what you vote for.

No he hasn't. He has said that he's not for canceling or throttling back on the vouch program - which does help many, many, many families- because a few bad apples are operating within it and causing shit like this.

That's a reasonable position to take.

The program is badly mismanaged from both a financial and safety perspective. He is placing the interests of others over the interests of his constituents. There is nothing reasonable with daytime shootings, savings, and car jackings in a once quiet part of town.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

He cares more about criminals than law-abiding taxpayers. He’s made that crystal clear.

You get what you vote for.

No he hasn't. He has said that he's not for canceling or throttling back on the vouch program - which does help many, many, many families- because a few bad apples are operating within it and causing shit like this.

That's a reasonable position to take.

The program is badly mismanaged from both a financial and safety perspective. He is placing the interests of others over the interests of his constituents. There is nothing reasonable with daytime shootings, savings, and car jackings in a once quiet part of town.

Okay, but why punish the many who benefit from it by pausing or stopping the entire program?? Oh right, because any excuse to maintain exclusivity in this area is sought after and embraced quickly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

He cares more about criminals than law-abiding taxpayers. He’s made that crystal clear.

You get what you vote for.

No he hasn't. He has said that he's not for canceling or throttling back on the vouch program - which does help many, many, many families- because a few bad apples are operating within it and causing shit like this.

That's a reasonable position to take.

The program is badly mismanaged from both a financial and safety perspective. He is placing the interests of others over the interests of his constituents. There is nothing reasonable with daytime shootings, savings, and car jackings in a once quiet part of town.

Okay, but why punish the many who benefit from it by pausing or stopping the entire program?? Oh right, because any excuse to maintain exclusivity in this area is sought after and embraced quickly.

Oct — armed robbery and pistol whipping 2600 Connecticut
Oct. 14 -- Carjacking Brandywine/31st (with guns)
Oct. 26-- Stabbing at the Brandywine
Oct. 29-- Stabbing at Van Ness metro
Sept. 19 -- Attempted carjacking 5400 block Connecticut
Oct. 4 -- Carjacking at gas station at Connecticut/Nebraska
Sept. 9 -- Shooting Connecticut Ave/Brandywine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, but why punish the many who benefit from it by pausing or stopping the entire program?? Oh right, because any excuse to maintain exclusivity in this area is sought after and embraced quickly.

The Washington Post has documented multiple times these programs bring a large increase in crimes. People have listed numerous violent crimes in this area in just the past month that would have been considered shocking a decade ago. If you know anyone who lives in these buildings, you'll know how people are living because violent criminals are assaulting long-time residents.

When you pretend that this is simply about "exclusivity," you're demonstrating you don't care about the issue at all. You're also demonstrating your ignorance of the area - these apartments were never exclusive, and until the city started filling them with violent criminals they were a way for people who earned less income to live in areas that were otherwise unaffordable.

[Anonymous]

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Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

He cares more about criminals than law-abiding taxpayers. He’s made that crystal clear.

You get what you vote for.

No he hasn't. He has said that he's not for canceling or throttling back on the vouch program - which does help many, many, many families- because a few bad apples are operating within it and causing shit like this.

That's a reasonable position to take.

The program is badly mismanaged from both a financial and safety perspective. He is placing the interests of others over the interests of his constituents. There is nothing reasonable with daytime shootings, savings, and car jackings in a once quiet part of town.

Okay, but why punish the many who benefit from it by pausing or stopping the entire program?? Oh right, because any excuse to maintain exclusivity in this area is sought after and embraced quickly.

Oct — armed robbery and pistol whipping 2600 Connecticut
Oct. 14 -- Carjacking Brandywine/31st (with guns)
Oct. 26-- Stabbing at the Brandywine
Oct. 29-- Stabbing at Van Ness metro
Sept. 19 -- Attempted carjacking 5400 block Connecticut
Oct. 4 -- Carjacking at gas station at Connecticut/Nebraska
Sept. 9 -- Shooting Connecticut Ave/Brandywine

Only two of those are known to involve people who are living in the area here.

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Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

He cares more about criminals than law-abiding taxpayers. He’s made that crystal clear.

You get what you vote for.

No he hasn't. He has said that he's not for canceling or throttling back on the vouch program - which does help many, many, many families- because a few bad apples are operating within it and causing shit like this.

That's a reasonable position to take.

The program is badly mismanaged from both a financial and safety perspective. He is placing the interests of others over the interests of his constituents. There is nothing reasonable with daytime shootings, savings, and car jackings in a once quiet part of town.

Okay, but why punish the many who benefit from it by pausing or stopping the entire program?? Oh right, because any excuse to maintain exclusivity in this area is sought after and embraced quickly.

Oct — armed robbery and pistol whipping 2600 Connecticut
Oct. 14 -- Carjacking Brandywine/31st (with guns)
Oct. 26-- Stabbing at the Brandywine
Oct. 29-- Stabbing at Van Ness metro
Sept. 19 -- Attempted carjacking 5400 block Connecticut
Oct. 4 -- Carjacking at gas station at Connecticut/Nebraska
Sept. 9 -- Shooting Connecticut Ave/Brandywine

Only two of those are known to involve people who are living in the area here.

Oh, so 28% of the violent crime (and probably more) is tied to voucher recipients?

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Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

He cares more about criminals than law-abiding taxpayers. He’s made that crystal clear.

You get what you vote for.

No he hasn't. He has said that he's not for canceling or throttling back on the vouch program - which does help many, many, many families- because a few bad apples are operating within it and causing shit like this.

That's a reasonable position to take.

The program is badly mismanaged from both a financial and safety perspective. He is placing the interests of others over the interests of his constituents. There is nothing reasonable with daytime shootings, savings, and car jackings in a once quiet part of town.

Okay, but why punish the many who benefit from it by pausing or stopping the entire program?? Oh right, because any excuse to maintain exclusivity in this area is sought after and embraced quickly.

Oct — armed robbery and pistol whipping 2600 Connecticut
Oct. 14 -- Carjacking Brandywine/31st (with guns)
Oct. 26-- Stabbing at the Brandywine
Oct. 29-- Stabbing at Van Ness metro
Sept. 19 -- Attempted carjacking 5400 block Connecticut
Oct. 4 -- Carjacking at gas station at Connecticut/Nebraska
Sept. 9 -- Shooting Connecticut Ave/Brandywine

How many people are in the area because of vouchers? A few thousand. How many of them are complicit in these crimes? Single digits. You want to send them all back to ward 7 and 8 and wreck their futures.l because of a few bad actors. F that.

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Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

I think if people with vouchers commit crimes or behave violently, they should lose the voucher and the apartment. if they have a mental illness they should be moved to places that can help them (group homes with staff onside to help with medications or mental hospitals where they cannot go out for people who are violent and a threat to themselves or others). if not, they should be kicked out of the apartment period. even assuming that housing is a right (and it's a big if), living at the taxpayer expense with 150% the already high rent in the best part of town is definitely not a right. I am sure there are plenty of lower income families that would love some help to live in the apartments on Wisconsin or CT and send their kids to local schools and that stab each other in the lobby when they have a disagreement, throw the girlfriend out of the 8th floor window or shoot around at 3pm on Saturday near a play ground. I came to DC in 2001 and rented for 10 yrs apartments on CT, first as a couple and then as a couple with two kids, lived in two different buildings and it was great.

i meant "and that DO NOT stab each other in the lobby...."

You think..
What do the people you voted for think?

Oh come on. Matt Frumin doesn't want to put people in apartments here who are violent. Quit insinuating that. Just because someone has a criminal record doesn't mean that they will be a repeat offender.

He cares more about criminals than law-abiding taxpayers. He’s made that crystal clear.

You get what you vote for.

No he hasn't. He has said that he's not for canceling or throttling back on the vouch program - which does help many, many, many families- because a few bad apples are operating within it and causing shit like this.

That's a reasonable position to take.

The program is badly mismanaged from both a financial and safety perspective. He is placing the interests of others over the interests of his constituents. There is nothing reasonable with daytime shootings, savings, and car jackings in a once quiet part of town.

Okay, but why punish the many who benefit from it by pausing or stopping the entire program?? Oh right, because any excuse to maintain exclusivity in this area is sought after and embraced quickly.

Oct — armed robbery and pistol whipping 2600 Connecticut
Oct. 14 -- Carjacking Brandywine/31st (with guns)
Oct. 26-- Stabbing at the Brandywine
Oct. 29-- Stabbing at Van Ness metro
Sept. 19 -- Attempted carjacking 5400 block Connecticut
Oct. 4 -- Carjacking at gas station at Connecticut/Nebraska
Sept. 9 -- Shooting Connecticut Ave/Brandywine

Only two of those are known to involve people who are living in the area here.

Oh, so 28% of the violent crime (and probably more) is tied to voucher recipients?

Dog whistle dog whistle!!! It's not tied to voucher recipients. Most voucher recipients are just trying to get by. It's tied to a few people who need to be apprehended, and - important here - actually prosecuted.