Rent control continues to be a hot topic in the DC area as we get near the end of the year, when the District’s current rent control law is set to expire. In yesterday’s piece “Tenants’ Rent Control Wish List,” Lydia DePillis from the City Paper’s Housing Complex column covered the changes that tenant organizers would like to see take place. They include:
- “For years that the CPI [Regional Consumer Price Index] decreases, rents must also decrease.”
- “For seniors and disabled people, rents may increase as much as the CPI or by that year’s increase in the Social Security cost of living adjustment, whichever is less.”
- “The city should maintain a database of current information about ownership, rents, and occupancy of rental buildings supplied by housing providers, with civil penalties for failing to submit data or submitting incorrect data.”
Lydia expressed doubt as to how soon these and other desired changes will be implemented. We’ll be keeping an eye on the situation.
