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Public testimony at hearing split: tenants, legal services, and small landlords clash with developers and institutional investors
Summary
More than 80 witnesses and dozens of organizations testified at a Committee on Housing hearing on a broad package of housing measures. Tenant leaders and legal-aid groups warned changes would increase evictions and reduce due process; developers and investors said the reforms are needed to restart housing production.
Dozens of tenants, service providers, nonprofit housing developers and private developers testified for and against the mayor—s rental legislation during a daylong Committee on Housing hearing.
Voices for reform
Developers and institutional investors said TOPA, as applied now, delays sales and deters capital, pushing construction and preservation dollars to neighboring jurisdictions. Evan Regan Levine of JBG Smith said "these changes will send a necessary signal that the district is making effort to remove barriers to investment in Washington." Executives from Red Brick, Rockefeller Group,…
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