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How a Strike Force Recommends DC Save its Rental Housing Market

How a Strike Force Recommends DC Save its Rental Housing Market

Nena Perry-Brown | May 24th 2021

After months of conversation and deliberation, the Saving the District’s Rental Housing Strike Force has released some recommendations.... read»

DC Could Begin Using DOPA As Early As February

DC Could Begin Using DOPA As Early As February

Nena Perry-Brown | November 29th 2018

The framework to begin implementing the District Opportunity to Purchase Act was released earlier this month.... read»

The District May Soon Exercise Property Purchase Rights

The District May Soon Exercise Property Purchase Rights

Nena Perry-Brown | January 2nd 2018

Nearly a decade after the law's passage, the Department of Housing and Community Development published rules for implementation of the District Opport... read»

DC May Soon Exercise its Right of Second Refusal

DC May Soon Exercise its Right of Second Refusal

Nena Perry-Brown | August 11th 2017

DOPA, the District's lesser-known version of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, may finally be close to implementation seven years after it becam... read»

Pipeline: New Condos & Apartments Coming to the DC Area

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Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill Once a Carriage House, Now a Home The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville Saddle Up For Stable Living Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home A Yankee Goes Green DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse