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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I supported the construction of the Brooks family shelter and have donated money and supplies, but I'm beginning to regret it.  The shelter worked well for the first couple years, but it has been less well run this year.  An increasing number of residents smoke weed and panhandle aggressively in front of the Giant.  I also routinely witness them throwing trash, including used diapers, in the planters instead of nearby trash cans.  If their basic needs are being met, why are they panhandling?  And aren't drugs against the rules at the shelter?  They are definitely illegal in public places.  And I know it is people from the shelter because I've witnessed them returning there.

People who used to walk to the Giant are now driving to avoid the mess in front.  What is the best approach to dealing with this?[/quote]

Do you know how many buildings along Connecticut Avenue are now de facto homeless shelters?  It’s absolutely criminal what our Ward Rep and ANCs have allowed to happen to a once safe and family friendly corridor. [/quote]

In the process, they are pushing out workforce renters and seniors who have looked to older apartment buildings on Connecticut in Ward 3 for rent-stabilized housing.  [b]When a building owner accepts a DC voucher for a rental unit it takes that unit out of rent control.[/b]  In time the whole building can be re-set to market rate rentals (or above market in the case of vouchers). [/quote]

That loophole was closed years ago. Still, landlords love taking vouchers from the city because the city doesn't bother to assess how much it should be paying for them and pays significantly above market rate (which is a violation of federal law)[/quote]

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