Beyond Affordability: How D.C.’s Tenant Rights Law Empowers D.C.’s Market-Rate Tenants

Beyond Affordability: How D.C.’s Tenant Rights Law Empowers D.C.’s Market-Rate Tenants

This story was supported with funds from Spotlight DC—Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism. From Mayor Muriel Bowser’s perspective, the multitude of renters who made a home in D.C.’s new high-rises deserve less protection than other tenants. At least, that’s what she’s proposing in her Rebalancing Expectations for Neighbors, Tenants, and Landlords (RENTAL) Act. The bill, introduced in February, would eliminate long-standing rights for …