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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not blaming her but he had an arsenal of weapons in one room and seemed to be in possession with intent to distribute, and had a history of violent felonies, too. DV knows no bounds but violent felons were not living in these buildings and neighborhoods before, especially not virtually free.

I don't think it's that vouchers cannot be removed but that DC agencies do not do so. WP used the word "will" not "cannot." The comments on the article are well worth a read.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/08/dc-paid-housing-chronic-homelessness/

[quote]Even when tenants are arrested, they’re quickly released and able to return to the building, Derosa said during the meeting, because neither the Housing Authority nor the District’s Department of Human Services [b]will[/b] revoke their vouchers or otherwise hold them accountable.[/quote]

With the changing populations in voucher buildings, some see a market. They may not live in the area themselves. Happened in the alley behind Days Inn when it was a quarantine shelter and now there is visible drug use and dealing even in Forest Hills park, near several large buildings.

[quote]A few months after the police shooting, officers raided a third apartment in the building, the one across the hall from Watts’s unit. Same situation: A drug dealer had taken over the apartment, police records say. “This is where I serve at, I take care of them,” the dealer told a Petra property manager, according to the records. Officers seized crack cocaine, cash and 9mm ammunition.[/quote]

The idea that voluntary "services" will change generational dysfunction, esp the HUD mandated 2 "contacts" per month or that any "security" willing to take the work will be not soon be compromised, is laughable. Landlords cannot control the behavior of people who may not have changed patterns after incarceration. "Returning citizens" apply for housing vouchers before release. People are paying thousands of dollars a month to live in older buildings that have, in effect, been turned into half way houses. Connecticut and Wisconsin had metro/bus, good schools, grocery stores, safe playgrounds and were walkable, ideal for those without cars. It was a fall back for middle class families who wanted to stay in DC but who could not afford SFH.

That all of this is happening in middle class commercial buildings full of families and elderly long term residents is surreal, but lots of money changing hands. Lots of public support, including from Frumin and Bowser, I don't see anything changing until the tax revenue plummets and cuts are made in programs.

If anyone has any ideas re: pressure points to get DC to remove vouchers from problem residents, I'd be happy to join your efforts. [/quote]

This is why I’ll be moving to Bethesda to rent … [/quote]

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