The DC kleptocracy in two links
Poorer tenants fear being pushed out by planned Congress Heights complex
Housing advocates and some council members say the Bowser administration has a unique opportunity to ensure that even as the neighborhood develops, tenants such as Blalock still will be able to afford to live there.
The key is a fifth building at the center of the development plan, at 3200 13th St. SE. It is effectively under city control because of a long past due city loan and unpaid taxes that total about $1 million.
The city’s housing department is weighing whether to forgive that loan, which would facilitate the sale of the building and the launch of the development — and push the current residents out. If city officials chose not to forgive the loan and take ownership of the building, they could reshape the development and possibly strengthen affordability requirements, housing advocates and some city officials say.
D.C. Office of Pensions ‘Bullies’ 91-Year-Old
Tillett said on Nov. 9, his elderly mother received a letter from the Department of Treasury Office of D.C. Pensions [ODCP] in Northwest notifying her that they intend to collect an overpayment of benefits she received from the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Plan.
What’s more, the letter stated that the overpayment is the result of administrative errors that were made by the District in the original calculation of Tillett’s benefit when she retired 33 years ago.
There you have it, there is open discussion of forgiving a loan to a slum lord who has endangered public health by failing to properly maintain a property purchased with a loan from the taxpayers. But the city fully intends to collect funds from a 91 year old lady that are a direct result of the District’s error. There is no law worthy of the name in the District of Columbia.
