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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Avalon is a really large bldg, think I saw 550 units. It’s concerning. There has been so much violence in and outside surrounding buildings.

I wish lowering rents to get more middle class paying tenants was ever on the table. Before HF took off many of the Van Ness bldg offered free months for a move in special and historically they offered discount coupons.

It’s esp sad for elderly with social ties who had planned to age in place and single/divorced moms who used to flock to the buildings for safety and access to good schools. [/quote]

That neighborhood was a haven for the elderly and single parents for decades and turned to what it is now almost overnight while Frumin cheered this on.[/quote]

It started years before Frumin, are you new to DC?[/quote]

His 2022 opponent called for a moratorium on new voucher residents, with very good reason.  The program was broken then and has since spiraled out of control with multiple fatalities in those buildings, prostitution, and rampant drug use.  Frumin has refused to call for a moratorium, despite the issue become worse during his tenure. In fact, he appears to be a cheerleader for this program. [/quote]

The WP article on Sedgwick Gardens was written years before Frumin.

DC Council has prioritized convicts, drug addicts and the severely mentally ill for the vouchers. Even committing violent crime in unit does not lead to loss of voucher, just relocation. The Council has made it almost impossible for landlords to screen for violent criminal backgrounds or to use criteria applied to rent paying tenants. You can be kicked out of public housing but this private public housing is pretty much consequence free. Prostitution, violence and drug dealing in and around buildings on Connecticut and Wisconsin has become sadly commonplace.[/quote]

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