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Aug 19, 2008
Is Your Landlord Licensed to Do Business?
The Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs is officially launching a new blog next week associated with its Collegiate Off-Campus Housing Initiative, called ThisShouldBeIllegal.com. The basic idea of the web-based program, according to DCRA spokesperson Michael Rupert, is “to try and get college kids to make sure they are being rented to legally.” Under D.C. law, your landlord is required to have a business license, and the process of obtaining one prompts an automatic safety…