Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced a settlement requiring the owners of Foster House, an apartment building in Washington, D.C., to pay over $1.65 million to tenants and the District for neglecting repairs and creating unsafe conditions.
“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a settlement requiring the owners of Foster House, an apartment building located in the Shaw neighborhood at 801 Rhode Island Avenue, NW with 76 subsidized, affordable housing units, to pay at least $1.65 million to harmed tenants and the District and to ensure that that level of affordable housing is preserved at the site for no less than 30 years.
“My office will always have tenants’ backs, and especially at a time when affordable housing in DC is increasingly scarce, we will not allow District landlords to systematically neglect their buildings to force longtime residents out of their homes,” said Attorney General Schwalb.
“No one should have to live with rats coming into their home through holes in the walls and cabinets, infestations of huge flying bugs, or water coming through the roof, floors, and ceilings—but that’s exactly what my neighbors and I were dealing with,” said Ericka Malloy, President of the Foster House Tenants’ Association. “Conditions in our building were awful, and we were totally abandoned by our landlord.
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