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D.C.’s rent control laws, first enacted in 1985, are designed to stabilize rents for current tenants to protect them from…
Rising rents in the District of Columbia, along with increased pressure on rental housing from higher income renters, have led…
On Monday, November 9, D.C. Policy Center’s Executive Director, Yesim Sayin Taylor, is testifying on B23-873, the “Rent Stabilization Program…
The D.C. Council is considering six separate bills that would amend the District’s rent control laws. Among these six, B23-873,…
The D.C. Council is now considering at least six separate bills that would amend its rent control law. Among those…
On September 24, 2020, D.C. Policy Center Executive Director Yesim Sayin Taylor testified before the Committee on Housing & Neighborhood…
A recent working paper released by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth (WCEG) —and covered by the Washington Post on…
Author’s note: We initially planned to publish this report on March 17, 2020. But with the breaking of the COVID-19…
In the District of Columbia, where housing is prohibitively expensive and neighborhoods are economically segregated, rental housing—with its lower costs,…
