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DC city council hears from tenants and landlords about the SAFE Act | WUSA9

December 12, 2024
  • D.C. Policy Center

On December 10, 2024, Director of Research and Policy Emilia Calma’s testimony was featured by WUSA9:

“Currently, landlords have little recourse to stop illegal tenant behavior. The only power landlords have to deter criminal activity is the threat of eviction. However, while evictions used to take three to six months, now they take one and a half to two years,” Emilia Calma with DC Policy Center said during Tuesday’s hearing.

Read More: DC city council hears from tenants and landlords about the SAFE Act
Additional reading: Balancing apartment regulations with housing providers’ ability to maintain safe buildings

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