The city hasn’t forgotten about the October 2004 death of Georgetown student Daniel Rigby. WTOP reports today that owners of residences in the neighborhood where Rigby’s apartment caught on fire are in the “midst of a crackdown,” with D.C. Consumer and Regulatory Affairs officials nearly a third of the way through 91 houses targeted for possible housing code violations.

Initial reports concluded that Rigby’s basement apartment contained faulty wiring, which provoked calls for inspections for nearby homes. Further investigations into the case, however, revealed that the fire started in an area where the student had been using candles and an ashtray, but that, ultimately, code violations were still at issue, including bars welded to windows and blocked fire exits.

Though in the past, fixing student housing in the area suffered due to fear that costs for both landlord and tenant would rise, in the months after the fire, residents and neighborhood organizations finally complained about the neglected housing in the area. In early 2005, inspectors evicted nearly fifty students in the course of the Georgetown area investigations. One would think the neighborhood landlords had learned their lesson, but seven citations have been issued so far in the current sweep, primarily for blocked fire exits and lack of a business license, which require regular inspections.