Shooting at Brandywine & Connecticut Ave NW This Afternoon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crime is out of control in DC. We need policies to get guns off our streets
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/...etter&wpisrc=nl_buzz

How about locking up the violent people using the guns?

[Anonymous]

Wise words re: Homeless Inc here

[Anonymous]

Heads up, please spread the word to neighbors who may not be on ND

Join ANC 3F w/ MPD, Sunday, Oct 1 @ 10am at Forest Hills Playground for a Public Safety Walk.

No idea if Frumin will attend. If you see him at Art All Night Friday or Saturday, pls encourage him to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Council changed how property managers can screen for criminal backgrounds and how far back they can look, that change has had an impact.
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/21-259

There is a lot more visible drug dealing in Forest Hills/Van Ness than in the past. I don't know that all involved are residents, many may know or be associated with or related to tenants and come from elsewhere.

Up and down 36th street, cars pull over and the deal happens right there, some prostitution in cars parked there too. Especially over by Sheridan school, which makes it a bigger crime by statute. I’ve seen exchanges by Murch too.

I live in the affected area but I must say that I have never seen any deals or prostitution near Sheridan school -- or anything approximating that. The location is also a block away from the backs of many embassies and there is often a police car on 36th street itself in that area.

I walk my dogs up 36th all the time (up to Murch/past Sheridan). Where are these deals? I have seen some odd behavior on Davenport toward CT from time to time but not regularly.
Note: There are also several high school kids parked on 36th hot boxing/doing couple things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Council changed how property managers can screen for criminal backgrounds and how far back they can look, that change has had an impact.
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/21-259

There is a lot more visible drug dealing in Forest Hills/Van Ness than in the past. I don't know that all involved are residents, many may know or be associated with or related to tenants and come from elsewhere.

Up and down 36th street, cars pull over and the deal happens right there, some prostitution in cars parked there too. Especially over by Sheridan school, which makes it a bigger crime by statute. I’ve seen exchanges by Murch too.

I live in the affected area but I must say that I have never seen any deals or prostitution near Sheridan school -- or anything approximating that. The location is also a block away from the backs of many embassies and there is often a police car on 36th street itself in that area.

I walk my dogs up 36th all the time (up to Murch/past Sheridan). Where are these deals? I have seen some odd behavior on Davenport toward CT from time to time but not regularly.
Note: There are also several high school kids parked on 36th hot boxing/doing couple things.

I run by Murch quite a bit, even in the evening hours, and have never witnessed anything resembling prostitution. Are the people saying these things even in DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Council changed how property managers can screen for criminal backgrounds and how far back they can look, that change has had an impact.
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/21-259

There is a lot more visible drug dealing in Forest Hills/Van Ness than in the past. I don't know that all involved are residents, many may know or be associated with or related to tenants and come from elsewhere.

Up and down 36th street, cars pull over and the deal happens right there, some prostitution in cars parked there too. Especially over by Sheridan school, which makes it a bigger crime by statute. I’ve seen exchanges by Murch too.

I live in the affected area but I must say that I have never seen any deals or prostitution near Sheridan school -- or anything approximating that. The location is also a block away from the backs of many embassies and there is often a police car on 36th street itself in that area.

I walk my dogs up 36th all the time (up to Murch/past Sheridan). Where are these deals? I have seen some odd behavior on Davenport toward CT from time to time but not regularly.
Note: There are also several high school kids parked on 36th hot boxing/doing couple things.

I run by Murch quite a bit, even in the evening hours, and have never witnessed anything resembling prostitution. Are the people saying these things even in DC?

We live near Sheridan and the only time I actually saw sex in cars and drug dealing was when we had a group of AU frat boys rent a house on our street - lots of idiotic white college boys getting BJs in cars and bumping coke.

[Anonymous]

There is prostitution in buildings on Connecticut and Wisconsin to my knowledge, think anything happening in cars is less common but certainly possible. There is dealing going on from and to cars behind many of the buildings as well as around the Days Inn.

If safe to do so, take video or photos and send to 2D.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen exchanges by Murch too.

Between adults or juveniles, PP? Are these people on foot or in vehicles? Attend the 2D MPD Community Walk on Sunday if you can, starts at FH Playground at 10am.

Is the MPD car often on 36th due to issues?

[Anonymous]

A Landlord cannot refuse to rent to someone presenting with a housing voucher.
A Landlord cannot refuse to rent to someone with a prior criminal conviction, even if that conviction is for violent acts.
DC's Housing First program does not require recipients to interact with their case managers or take their meds.
If a tenant repeatedly violates their lease---by, for example---refusing to let maintenance workers into their unit even when their broken pipes are gushing water, or by threatening other residents or employees of the building, it can take up to a year to get the tenant evicted on a lease violation. And that assumes that the pro-tenant Landlord/Tenant court doesn't require the LL t o give the tenant another chance.
Landlords do not have the ability to limit the number of voucher recipients they are required to lease to.
There appears to be a misconception that landlords WANT this chaos. They do not. Requiring landlords to essentially operate public housing and unstaffed mental institutions causes significant property damage to buildings and results in market-rent paying tenants decamping to other markets. Once chaos reaches a certain level, it is impossible to lease the remainder of the units.

[Anonymous]

The landlords are getting as much as $1,000+/month/unit OVER market rate.

This is also an effective and free way to clear the building of long term tenants paying well under market rate and of tenants who may exercise TOPA rights (ie, have an income) if the owner decides to sell or convert to condos.

So, not without some goodies in there for landlords. It also fills units that otherwise may not be fully rented, with a guaranteed amount paid from the city. In 2019, buildings on Connecticut were offering several months free rent "move in specials." Now, an endless supply of people/city $.

If they have to pay to evict or rennovate, gives a pretext under rent stabilization to raise the rent, can only

[Anonymous]

^ increase rate under those 2 conditions. Also, used to take unit out of rent stabilization program permanently, that was of huge financial benefit too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The landlords are getting as much as $1,000+/month/unit OVER market rate.

This is also an effective and free way to clear the building of long term tenants paying well under market rate and of tenants who may exercise TOPA rights (ie, have an income) if the owner decides to sell or convert to condos.

So, not without some goodies in there for landlords. It also fills units that otherwise may not be fully rented, with a guaranteed amount paid from the city. In 2019, buildings on Connecticut were offering several months free rent "move in specials." Now, an endless supply of people/city $.

If they have to pay to evict or rennovate, gives a pretext under rent stabilization to raise the rent, can only

Nobody's going to want to rent at higher rates or buy condos in these buildings -- even if the recipients are gone. Damage will have been done. What will happen is that the landlords will be running a full building of vouchers and the crime in the area will continue to increase. I'm not saying voucher recipients cause an increase in crime, but I am saying the voucher program does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen exchanges by Murch too.

Between adults or juveniles, PP? Are these people on foot or in vehicles? Attend the 2D MPD Community Walk on Sunday if you can, starts at FH Playground at 10am.

Is the MPD car often on 36th due to issues?

(First PP) adults. The ones I've seen are car:pedestrian transactions. The other nefarious activity is on the short block where the embassy park is just past Sheridan heading south.

Unfortunately, I can't make the meeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The landlords are getting as much as $1,000+/month/unit OVER market rate.

This is also an effective and free way to clear the building of long term tenants paying well under market rate and of tenants who may exercise TOPA rights (ie, have an income) if the owner decides to sell or convert to condos.

So, not without some goodies in there for landlords. It also fills units that otherwise may not be fully rented, with a guaranteed amount paid from the city. In 2019, buildings on Connecticut were offering several months free rent "move in specials." Now, an endless supply of people/city $.

If they have to pay to evict or rennovate, gives a pretext under rent stabilization to raise the rent, can only

Nobody's going to want to rent at higher rates or buy condos in these buildings -- even if the recipients are gone. Damage will have been done. What will happen is that the landlords will be running a full building of vouchers and the crime in the area will continue to increase. I'm not saying voucher recipients cause an increase in crime, but I am saying the voucher program does.

We have very stupid people in charge. They couldn't run a lemonade stand. It's not a surprise that they're incapable of thinking through the cause and effect of their policies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A Landlord cannot refuse to rent to someone presenting with a housing voucher.
A Landlord cannot refuse to rent to someone with a prior criminal conviction, even if that conviction is for violent acts.
DC's Housing First program does not require recipients to interact with their case managers or take their meds.
If a tenant repeatedly violates their lease---by, for example---refusing to let maintenance workers into their unit even when their broken pipes are gushing water, or by threatening other residents or employees of the building, it can take up to a year to get the tenant evicted on a lease violation. And that assumes that the pro-tenant Landlord/Tenant court doesn't require the LL t o give the tenant another chance.
Landlords do not have the ability to limit the number of voucher recipients they are required to lease to.
There appears to be a misconception that landlords WANT this chaos. They do not. Requiring landlords to essentially operate public housing and unstaffed mental institutions causes significant property damage to buildings and results in market-rent paying tenants decamping to other markets. Once chaos reaches a certain level, it is impossible to lease the remainder of the units.

This is insane. We had 'normal' bad tenants in DC (not the horror stories, but fairly meh) and vowed we will never rent again since the law is NEVER on the landlord's side. It's just not worth it to be a landlord here in DC. NO, we are not 'discriminating'. We just prefer our home sit empty when we are called away.
It would seem that the way the law is written, it's written to cause a lot of safety issues in these voucher buildings. Shame on this program. Housing Last.