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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GGW published an article last week talking about how many units we could create if we replaced every single family home with a five story apartment building.  I think it's pretty clear that they want to get rid of single family zoning.[/quote]

Who's going to live in these places? The reason why vouchers are thriving on Connecticut Ave is because they can't find enough paying occupants. [/quote]

As it was against federal law, does DC have an obligation for reimbursing the Feds for any federal funds used to pay super premium rents
That is not true.  The reason why vouchers are thriving is because vouchers actually pay higher than market rents...[b]as much as 20% higher[/b].  The program needs to be completely revamped because of the perverse incentives from the program.[/quote]

This is no longer true, and it's against federal law for vouchers to pay higher than market rate. DC stopped paying higher than market rate after WaPo exposed the practice.[/quote]

As it was against federal law, does DC have an obligation for reimbursing the Feds for any federal funds used to pay super premium rents to crony landlords?  Doesn’t DC have the obligation or at least some responsibility to recoup the excess rents paid on violation of federal law? Shouldn’t the DC attorney general pursue this? [/quote]
Vouchers are booming because it allows landlords to increase the ceiling for rent stabilized units that were below whatever they determine to be prevailing market rate.[/quote]

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