Brookland Investments I LLC has sued to evict at least 13 of the building’s 18 households, despite hazardous conditions.

The Landlord-Tenant Legal Assistance Network (LTLAN) provides free representation to low-income DC residents facing eviction. In their first two years they’ve received over 3,000 calls.

The county is still distributing federal rent relief to renters who have experienced income loss due to the pandemic.

The federal funds supporting the program are close to running out.

The longtime family-owned restaurant could join over a dozen downtown businesses that have shuttered during the pandemic.

More funding is on the way for a local rent relief program established in response to the pandemic. The Latino Economic Development Center can help people access resources in D.C. and Maryland.

Many of these tenant protections were temporary laws restricted to the public health emergency.

As D.C.’s public health emergency comes to a close, councilmembers unanimously passed legislation to enact a phased ending to the city’s eviction moratorium.

A 30-person group convened by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city should unwind eviction protections depending on COVID-19 case numbers and other factors.

Meanwhile, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is proposing changes to the city’s current eviction and utility payment moratoriums.