Comments on: Trouble at Sedgwick Gardens https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/06/trouble-at-sedgwick-gardens/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 08 Jun 2019 02:40:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hugo S. Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/06/trouble-at-sedgwick-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-354811 Sat, 08 Jun 2019 02:40:56 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73202#comment-354811 An interesting incentive for DC landlords– apartments that enroll in this scheme are removed from rent control once the special tenant moves on. Also, apartment management might not be so eager to respond to the complaints of rent control tenants.

An interesting trade-off– getting apartments out of rent control, but seeing their free-market value decline due to the building’s bad reputation.

]]> By: DOuglas2 https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/06/trouble-at-sedgwick-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-354806 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:47:49 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73202#comment-354806 That housing law also bars discrimination in provision of rental housing by “Matriculation”,

I’m wondering how universities such as GWU and American can legally restrict their dormitories to their own students.

]]> By: John https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/06/trouble-at-sedgwick-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-354788 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 21:31:41 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73202#comment-354788 Put the homeless in the same apartment buildings as or in houses next to political campaign contributors.

]]> By: No Name Guy https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/06/trouble-at-sedgwick-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-354785 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:11:30 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73202#comment-354785 Last I checked, a voucher isn’t money, so isn’t legal tender.

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