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

Come Oct. 1 the D.C . Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs will be broken up into two separate agencies, which advocates hope will lead to more aggressive enforcement of the housing code and consumer protection laws.

The changes apply to both multifamily and commercial buildings.

The new contractor rating system from DCRA assesses whether their plans have been accurate and if their work passed inspections.

Bowser said the bill to break up the sprawling agency was ill-conceived and too expensive, but lawmakers quickly disagreed.

One bill would break up the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs into two separate agencies, and the other would create a new ombudsman’s office within the city’s public child welfare agency.

The Landlord Violations Tool lets renters search a landlord’s name or property address and find any outstanding housing violations through the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.

If passed, the first sidewalk vending zone would be established in Columbia Heights.

The wholesaler argues that Costco is allowed to sell fireworks while his and other smaller, Black-owned fireworks businesses were denied permits.

Checking for illegal construction or poor housing conditions has traditionally been left to city inspectors, but a new program lets any resident sign up to do it themselves.