In the Media

A suit, filed by D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, claims a landlord and two of his family members enriched themselves while leaving tenants in squalid, unsafe conditions.

With a sweeping civil racketeering lawsuit, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb says the District is seeking to dismantle a decade-long real estate fraud enterprise that left hundreds of D.C. tenants in hazardous conditions.

A new lawsuit targets a family of landlords associated with thousands of code violations and millions of dollars in outstanding fines.

Legal advocates say Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s Child Support Improvement Amendment Act would overhaul D.C.’s child support system to guarantee payments go directly to children, boosting support for the District’s lowest-income families.

Congress passed a short-term spending bill that would give the Social Security Administration $50 million more for customer service, aiming to reduce wait times and keep field offices open.

Good News! Changes have been made to TANF to increase child support pass-through payments from $150 to $200 a month.

D.C.’s new rent-relief system left hundreds of tenants facing crashed phone lines, hours-long waits, and turned-away applications, as deep funding cuts and a flawed rollout shut out many residents who need support to stay housed.

Legal advocates warn that new rules for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could strip support from public interest lawyers and the communities they serve.

As eviction filings in D.C. reach their highest levels in six years, dwindling rental assistance and new laws accelerating court cases are pushing more residents like Melvine Perkins to the brink of losing their homes.