WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — D.C.’s Department of Buildings (DOB) is telling 7News it is coming after landlords, who are allowing their tenants to live in rat-infested and dilapidated apartments in the district, in a much different way.
Director Brian Hanlon says the DOB has created a new inspection initiative targeting specific landlords who are not following the DC Housing code, specifically those who have thousands of violations.
Hanlon’s department is ramping up re-inspections and enforcement.
“I have to say, when I walk out of some of these buildings, there have been a couple of cases that you walk out angry. You walk out upset that there is somebody out there willing to provide housing in that condition,” says Hanlon…