is your lease month-to-month? The most likely outcome is your landlord then giving you the proper notice for the rent increase. All in all it will probably just get your rent increased delayed by 2-3 months

Of course you need to be notified. Talk to the Office of the Tenant Advocate about what to do from here - they will give you a better answer than anybody on Reddit can.

So let me get this straight. In order to get your "complain about crime" pass in DC, you need to... checks notes... volunteer to mentor at-risk kids? Once completed, you can complain all you want? It's just such a weird sentiment.

what do you wish to accomplish with this post

toddlers birthday parties and dog parks

very broad question. Are you commuting from Rockville? Are you commuting from Upper Marlboro? Very different answers depending on what part of maryland you are talking about

Heat Da Spot for when you don't feel like waiting in a long line at Call Your Mother

Minimum 2 hours maximum they just don't come

Wilson literally sticks somebody from the school at the Chick Fil A in the morning so they can turn away students who are late for school lol

Flat-out not true. For rent controlled units, the max rent increase for a vacancy is 10%.

DCHA’s analysis of what “fair market rent” constitutes is also comical though. For example, they pay the same rent amounts for a property in Georgetown as they do in Eckington.

https://www.dchousing.org/vue/customer/rent.aspx

Correct. Here are the requirements from DCHA. See the last bulletpoint. A bedroom pretty much just needs to be over 70 square feet. It mentions "living spaces" needing two means of egress (door & window), but not bedrooms specifically.

I'll one up this article. The amount that DCHA pays in rent is purely based on the number of bedrooms a unit has, whether the configuration of the unit makes sense or not. I've seen people buy 3 level rowhomes, make each level it's own unit and jam 3-4 bedrooms in each level to the point of there not even being living space. It's just a kitchen and 3-4 bedrooms in a ~800 sq/ft unit.

Since DCHA only cares about the bedroom count, they'll pay the same exact rate for this ridiculous apartment custom-designed to game their system than they will for say a standard ~2000 sq/ft 3-4 bedroom rowhome. Times that by 3 units in the former single family home, and the landlord is pulling in somewhere around $12-$15K/month depending on the property's subdivision. It's totally ridiculous.

My personal opinion is that you're on a bit of a fool's errand. People in DC commit armed robbery and are out back on the street a week later. I'm not sure what you expect the end result to be here, especially given it sounds like you stopped the person before he actually committed a crime. I would take the money you plan on spending on a PI and put it towards building security to ensure future criminals can't break into it.

If you have an Amex platinum card you can try calling your concierge. I've gotten reservations that way in the past when online says there is nothing available.

I understand the frustration, but MPD is just not going to go CSI-mode like you want them to over petty crime. I get packages stolen off my rowhome doorstep probably once a month and have crystal-clear video footage of it, but MPD still can't really do anything about it unless they happen to catch the person in the act. They don't even ask me for the video.

Fireplaces are not part of DCRA's inspection at all, and just because a property passes the basic business license inspection does not mean that it has a working fireplace: https://dcra.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcra/publication/attachments/BBL%20Checklist%20%282020%29.pdf

on the side bar there's a big blue link that says OFFICIAL VISITORS GUIDE. Start there?

Oh, definitely go into Potomac Ave metro then. It's a straight shot. To go to navy yard would require switching lines just to have a further walk anyway.

It's physically closer to Potomac Ave, but I would say it depends on what line you are coming in from. Maryland could be Green/Yellow which would require no switching lines straight into Navy Yard, or it could be Red which would require switching to get to either Navy Yard or Potomac Ave

Second dans cafe

Call ParkDC and ask?

Step 1) read the 95 other threads in this sub asking the exact same question

this is something you post to nextdoor not reddit lmao

Last time was probably 2 or 3 weeks ago