{"id":2071,"date":"2026-07-31T10:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2026-07-31T10:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:39:18","slug":"d-c-s-worst-landlord-is-its-housing-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2071","title":{"rendered":"D.C.\u2019s Worst Landlord Is Its Housing Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>D.C.\u2019s beleaguered housing authority \u2014 which has faced <span><u>leadership turnover<\/u><\/span>, a <span><u>cyberattack<\/u><\/span> and a  this year \u2014 is the city\u2019s worst offender when it comes to unresolved housing violations.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2067\">Democrats Mobilize Over Fears Trump Will Deploy Troops to Polls<\/a><\/p><p>The District\u2019s housing authority (DCHA) owes D.C.\u2019s Department of Buildings (DOB) more than $2.2 million for over 2,500 unresolved violations across its properties, per a <span><u>public DOB dashboard<\/u><\/span>. Some violations date back to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The issue stems in part from the fact that the agency, which owns more than  public housing units, polices itself. Unlike private landlords who answer to DOB, by law, DOB cannot do more than issue fines to the housing authority.<\/p><p>\u201cIf someone calls us up, we\u2019ll go out, we\u2019ll inspect, we will see what\u2019s broken, we\u2019ll create a [notice of infraction], and we will provide it to DCHA. They are supposed to then fix it and tell us,\u201d Keith Parsons, DOB\u2019s director of strategic enforcement, told NOTUS. \u201cThere is really no \u2018stick,\u2019 by law.\u201d<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DC: Dr. Anthony Fauci testifying before the Senate Homeland\" class=\"wp-image-1957\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ba72971b09b7937db30c60e1faaa5e8f-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ba72971b09b7937db30c60e1faaa5e8f-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ba72971b09b7937db30c60e1faaa5e8f-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ba72971b09b7937db30c60e1faaa5e8f.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Redacted Fauci Diary Entries Depict Him Personally Helping Katie Miller\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Election 2026 Michigan Abdul El-Sayed\" class=\"wp-image-2070\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1f2ddf7a4533d6e0aeae92be6d7a8240-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1f2ddf7a4533d6e0aeae92be6d7a8240-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1f2ddf7a4533d6e0aeae92be6d7a8240-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1f2ddf7a4533d6e0aeae92be6d7a8240.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n<u>Dana Milbank:<\/u> No, There Isn\u2019t a Democratic Civil War Underway in Michigan\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks during a Board of Peace meeting.\" class=\"wp-image-2060\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f977162c632bede8ec47156a4c027306-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f977162c632bede8ec47156a4c027306-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f977162c632bede8ec47156a4c027306-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f977162c632bede8ec47156a4c027306.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump Announces Deal for \u2018Complete Disarmament\u2019 of Hamas\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AP 26210542156579\" class=\"wp-image-1968\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c3b4560c72290e48f2f23bad01fb5e95-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c3b4560c72290e48f2f23bad01fb5e95-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c3b4560c72290e48f2f23bad01fb5e95-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c3b4560c72290e48f2f23bad01fb5e95.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Judiciary Committee Delays Blanche Nomination Vote\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>That the housing authority is the District\u2019s worst offender doesn\u2019t surprise Megan Browder, Legal Aid DC\u2019s director for systemic advocacy and law reform.<\/p><p>\u201cI think it is partially the size of the portfolio and also a systematic disregard for their mission,\u201d Browder told NOTUS.<\/p><p>In 2022, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  that DCHA was out of compliance with its annual inspection requirements, inspection outcomes weren\u2019t monitored, and emergency work orders went uncompleted at night due to safety concerns. In 2020, D.C.\u2019s attorney general <span><u>sued the DCHA<\/u><\/span> for endangering thousands of tenants across 10 of its properties.<\/p><p>D.C. has the country\u2019s <span><u>highest rates<\/u><\/span> of rent nonpayment for low-income tax credit buildings, a fact landlords <span><u>often point to<\/u><\/span> as an explanation for their inability to make repairs. But DCHA doesn\u2019t have that excuse, Browder said, as their properties are subsidized by the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDCHA takes steps to fully abate any infraction within the abatement timeframe listed on the notice and provide proof of abatement to the DOB,\u201d Alison Burdo, a DCHA spokesperson, told NOTUS in a statement. \u201cThere may be a delay in updates to DOB\u2019s public database if further clarification between DCHA and DOB is needed.\u201d<\/p><p>Some of the violations on the public dashboard are \u201cassociated with vacant units currently undergoing modernization or awaiting modernization pending sufficient funding,\u201d Burdo said, and others are for properties DCHA doesn\u2019t own or control but where the agency may have a long-term ground lease for redevelopment.<\/p><p>The housing authority is in the middle of a three-year \u201c<span><u>recovery plan<\/u><\/span>\u201d meant to improve the quality of its housing stock and improve work order systems, among other goals. The agency meets monthly with DOB to review any notices of infraction, Burdo said.<\/p><p>DHCA is far from the only landlord with an extensive list of outstanding violations. Per <span><u>DOB\u2019s dashboard<\/u><\/span>, more than 84,500 housing violations, dating back to 2018, are currently unresolved, with more than $83 million in associated fines. More than 100 landlords owe at least $100,000 each.<\/p><p>Some of the violations \u2014 particularly those dating back years \u2014 are in active litigation, Parsons said. Others may have already been fixed, but either DOB is waiting for evidence of that abatement or associated fines are tied up in the department\u2019s adjudication process.<\/p><p>That adjudication process is why it\u2019s so hard to collect. It starts when DOB issues a notice of infraction after a property inspection, which may also carry a fine. There, the department runs into its first problem: the  that over half of those infraction notices were sent to the incorrect address.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2064\">Tech Companies Are Rejecting Trump\u2019s Proposed \u2018Woke\u2019 AI Ban<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once a landlord receives a notice, the department must take them through a monthslong appeal and adjudication process administered by the city\u2019s Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) in order to collect any money.<\/p><p>\u201cA landlord is entitled to due process,\u201d Browder said. \u201cThat does take time, largely because there\u2019s a big backlog at OAH.\u201d<\/p><p>Because of that system, each year DOB receives just a fraction of the fines it assessed and abates  of violations. In the 2024 fiscal year, the department collected $2.6 million in fines, but  to the city\u2019s collections unit.<\/p><p>Even as D.C. navigates a <span><u>tight fiscal era<\/u><\/span>, the DOB argues that the best outcome for the city is not necessarily collecting that $83 million.<\/p><p>\u201cSuccess is making sure the problems are fixed, and the fines are a way to motivate the landlord to do it,\u201d Parsons told NOTUS. \u201cSo, if we can get things fixed, that is our goal.\u201d<\/p><p>In that spirit, and in line with the council\u2019s  from 2024, the department is shifting its approach. Instead of chasing down every penny owed, the department is trying to settle with landlords for less or no money in order to fix violations sooner. It has set a \u201cvery ambitious\u201d goal of resolving 80% of emergency violations within 30 days, and 90 days for non-emergencies, Parsons said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s work to do here, but because we\u2019re timing ourselves now, we are actually orienting operations around trying to move those things more quickly,\u201d he said.<\/p><p>The strategy seems to be paying off: DOB\u2019s collection rate for fines increased by 10% from fiscal years  to . Last year, fines collected before final order exceeded $1 million for the first time.<\/p><p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing more outreach. We\u2019re doing more talking to people. These options have usually been here, but we\u2019re emphasizing them more,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cIf you fix [violations] soon enough, we will just resolve it without fines at all.\u201d<\/p><p>Not everyone thinks that\u2019s a win. Browder worries that landlords, some of whom already don\u2019t take the abatement process seriously, won\u2019t be incentivized to make fixes.<\/p><p>\u201cFor me it\u2019s really concerning,\u201d she told NOTUS. \u201cI think it just lessens the accountability for landlords to say \u2018Hey, you can kind of just limp along and settle with DOB without any meaningful corrective action.\u2019\u201d<\/p><p>Browder thinks informal settlements could be beneficial for smaller landlords, but that bigger housing providers \u2014 especially corporate landlords who own multiple properties under LLCs \u2014 should be forced to go through the fine collection process. She is hoping for a more transparent violations dashboard, and a public list of the owners of properties held under LLCs.<\/p><p>\u201cDOB enforcement should be the last step before litigation. The landlord should just fix the issue; it shouldn\u2019t get to the point where you have to request DOB,\u201d she said. \u201cIf we could figure out who the repeat violators [are], DOB could focus on those folks.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2061\">How Lindsey Graham and Mark Sanford\u2019s Friendship Defined 30 Years of Republican Politics<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Buildings fines the city\u2019s bad landlords. 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