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Anonymous wrote:I have contacted Ward 3 CM Frumin re the safety issues at the Brandywine and other buildings on Connecticut Ave several times with no response from him. Criminals and severely mentally ill people are being given carte blanche to wreak havoc in an area filled with kids and elderly people, the most vulnerable among us.
Frumin hides his head in the sand, as does the mayor. Shame on them.

Same, I e-mailed him about safety concerns and didn’t receive a single response.

Goulet said that the voucher program had numerous problems and needed to be revamped. Frumin made bringing in more voucher holders on of his top priorities (“Ward 3 for all” was his slogan).

I have no clue why Ward 3 voters picked the voucher champion over the voucher skeptic. But even if voters do wake up, the next election is still years away.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty awesome how every ANC commissioner along Connecticut Ave. has spent every waking minute of the past three years on . . . bike lanes. Great job guys.

All except for one or two were handpicked by Cleveland Park Smart Growth (which gerrymandered the ANC lines also) and we’re actively supported by WABA. Is it such a surprise?

This still stings. What an awful group.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In DC landlords cannot consider past criminal convictions if more than 7 years old, no matter how heinous. So if someone served 8 years for the rape of a child, then gets out, landlord can't consider that when renting a unit in a building filled with families. They also cannot consider credit if rent is paid with a voucher or past evictions even if for grounds other than non-payment.

SO at least are often on a registry. Murderers are being moved into buildings and there is no way to know. One recently was moved into a building in Chevy Chase DC that is full of the unsuspecting and vulnerable elderly and families of modest means eager to get their kids into Lafayette, Deal, JR.

There have been issues in condo buildings too, where individual landlords are eager to get in on the $$$ that they city pays over market rate for vouchers. Any multifamily housing may have unanticipated safety risks. If not from the voucher holder, then their associates. Over time, many buildings tip and become de facto, overpriced, private public housing.

This is exactly what is happening while DHCD is sitting on THOUSANDS of units that are uninhabitable and have not been maintained. Private landlords should not be forced to be the default public housing providers in the city. There is a misconception that the owners of these building are making bank off the voucher tenants. They are not. The costs of increased security, increased damage to units, and common areas are not made up for by the voucher rents. Yes, there may have been a small subset of landlords who once thought that vouchers were a way to make up revenue. They have now learned their lesson but are in a death spiral of buildings becoming de facto public housing.

DC's tax revenues are declining and CRE still not completely felt. What is the end game here?

I used to think a friend's place in The Saratoga was so nice, and it was peaceful, easy parking compared to EoTP, etc. Now so many sketchy people hanging out on Connecticut, in Forest Hills park, on Wisconsin too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In DC landlords cannot consider past criminal convictions if more than 7 years old, no matter how heinous. So if someone served 8 years for the rape of a child, then gets out, landlord can't consider that when renting a unit in a building filled with families. They also cannot consider credit if rent is paid with a voucher or past evictions even if for grounds other than non-payment.

SO at least are often on a registry. Murderers are being moved into buildings and there is no way to know. One recently was moved into a building in Chevy Chase DC that is full of the unsuspecting and vulnerable elderly and families of modest means eager to get their kids into Lafayette, Deal, JR.

There have been issues in condo buildings too, where individual landlords are eager to get in on the $$$ that they city pays over market rate for vouchers. Any multifamily housing may have unanticipated safety risks. If not from the voucher holder, then their associates. Over time, many buildings tip and become de facto, overpriced, private public housing.

This is exactly what is happening while DHCD is sitting on THOUSANDS of units that are uninhabitable and have not been maintained. Private landlords should not be forced to be the default public housing providers in the city. There is a misconception that the owners of these building are making bank off the voucher tenants. They are not. The costs of increased security, increased damage to units, and common areas are not made up for by the voucher rents. Yes, there may have been a small subset of landlords who once thought that vouchers were a way to make up revenue. They have now learned their lesson but are in a death spiral of buildings becoming de facto public housing.

DC's tax revenues are declining and CRE still not completely felt. What is the end game here?

I used to think a friend's place in The Saratoga was so nice, and it was peaceful, easy parking compared to EoTP, etc. Now so many sketchy people hanging out on Connecticut, in Forest Hills park, on Wisconsin too.

Anonymous wrote:I have contacted Ward 3 CM Frumin re the safety issues at the Brandywine and other buildings on Connecticut Ave several times with no response from him. Criminals and severely mentally ill people are being given carte blanche to wreak havoc in an area filled with kids and elderly people, the most vulnerable among us.
Frumin hides his head in the sand, as does the mayor. Shame on them.

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty awesome how every ANC commissioner along Connecticut Ave. has spent every waking minute of the past three years on . . . bike lanes. Great job guys.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have contacted Ward 3 CM Frumin re the safety issues at the Brandywine and other buildings on Connecticut Ave several times with no response from him. Criminals and severely mentally ill people are being given carte blanche to wreak havoc in an area filled with kids and elderly people, the most vulnerable among us.
Frumin hides his head in the sand, as does the mayor. Shame on them.

Same, I e-mailed him about safety concerns and didn’t receive a single response.

Goulet said that the voucher program had numerous problems and needed to be revamped. Frumin made bringing in more voucher holders on of his top priorities (“Ward 3 for all” was his slogan).

I have no clue why Ward 3 voters picked the voucher champion over the voucher skeptic. But even if voters do wake up, the next election is still years away.

If I recall at the time, people in DC were very anti Republican because they had PTSD from Trump.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have contacted Ward 3 CM Frumin re the safety issues at the Brandywine and other buildings on Connecticut Ave several times with no response from him. Criminals and severely mentally ill people are being given carte blanche to wreak havoc in an area filled with kids and elderly people, the most vulnerable among us.
Frumin hides his head in the sand, as does the mayor. Shame on them.

Same, I e-mailed him about safety concerns and didn’t receive a single response.

Goulet said that the voucher program had numerous problems and needed to be revamped. Frumin made bringing in more voucher holders on of his top priorities (“Ward 3 for all” was his slogan).

I have no clue why Ward 3 voters picked the voucher champion over the voucher skeptic. But even if voters do wake up, the next election is still years away.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have contacted Ward 3 CM Frumin re the safety issues at the Brandywine and other buildings on Connecticut Ave several times with no response from him. Criminals and severely mentally ill people are being given carte blanche to wreak havoc in an area filled with kids and elderly people, the most vulnerable among us.
Frumin hides his head in the sand, as does the mayor. Shame on them.

Same, I e-mailed him about safety concerns and didn’t receive a single response.

Goulet said that the voucher program had numerous problems and needed to be revamped. Frumin made bringing in more voucher holders on of his top priorities (“Ward 3 for all” was his slogan).

I have no clue why Ward 3 voters picked the voucher champion over the voucher skeptic. But even if voters do wake up, the next election is still years away.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty awesome how every ANC commissioner along Connecticut Ave. has spent every waking minute of the past three years on . . . bike lanes. Great job guys.

All except for one or two were handpicked by Cleveland Park Smart Growth (which gerrymandered the ANC lines also) and we’re actively supported by WABA. Is it such a surprise?

Anonymous wrote:

In DC landlords cannot consider past criminal convictions if more than 7 years old, no matter how heinous. So if someone served 8 years for the rape of a child, then gets out, landlord can't consider that when renting a unit in a building filled with families. They also cannot consider credit if rent is paid with a voucher or past evictions even if for grounds other than non-payment.

SO at least are often on a registry. Murderers are being moved into buildings and there is no way to know. One recently was moved into a building in Chevy Chase DC that is full of the unsuspecting and vulnerable elderly and families of modest means eager to get their kids into Lafayette, Deal, JR.

There have been issues in condo buildings too, where individual landlords are eager to get in on the $$$ that they city pays over market rate for vouchers. Any multifamily housing may have unanticipated safety risks. If not from the voucher holder, then their associates. Over time, many buildings tip and become de facto, overpriced, private public housing.

This is exactly what is happening while DHCD is sitting on THOUSANDS of units that are uninhabitable and have not been maintained. Private landlords should not be forced to be the default public housing providers in the city. There is a misconception that the owners of these building are making bank off the voucher tenants. They are not. The costs of increased security, increased damage to units, and common areas are not made up for by the voucher rents. Yes, there may have been a small subset of landlords who once thought that vouchers were a way to make up revenue. They have now learned their lesson but are in a death spiral of buildings becoming de facto public housing.

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty awesome how every ANC commissioner along Connecticut Ave. has spent every waking minute of the past three years on . . . bike lanes. Great job guys.