“I have to get off that horse now before I end up lost in the desert of despair.” 

The complaint also alleges that AIR Communities explicitly advertised on its website that it would not rent to people with prior evictions or criminal records.

The proposed development plan would create 273 units of mixed-income housing.

The count comes after dozens of tent encampment clearings by the D.C. government. Those residents are typically represented by the count.

More than half of the notices of infraction sent to property owners went to the wrong address, the report found.

There are several key factors, like how it could be financed, managed, and owned, that distinguish it from existing developments.

“There’s more demand for this program than there is money in the pot, and we could double it, and that would still be the case,” Robert White says.

The program has surged in demand amid a troubling cocktail of economic conditions for renters.

DCist/WAMU photojournalist Dee Dwyer asked residents in wards 7 and 8 what they hope to achieve for themselves, businesses, and communities next year.

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