WASHINGTON (7News) — More than a dozen landlords — some from leasing companies with thousands of rental units and another a retiree with nine apartments for rent in the Northeast D.C. — gathered on the steps of the Wilson building on Tuesday afternoon, all in a show of support for what they hope will be meaningful reform to the District’s rental housing laws.
On Wednesday, the D.C. Council votes for the final time on the RENTAL Act. If passed in its current form, D.C. landlords agree, it will do little to help the city emerge from what they call an “eviction crisis.”
“D.C. landlords have lost $1 billion in rent because of the negligence of the D.C. Council,” said Dean Hunter, CEO of the Small Multifamily Owners Association…