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Residents tell DCHA oversight hearing of inspection delays, management issues and intimidation at properties
Summary
Individual residents described long waits for vouchers, failed inspections, poor property management and slow Office of Tenant Advocate responses. Witnesses urged more transparent communication, resident-facing oversight and enforcement of management practices.
Multiple residents used the Committee on Housing’s May 30 oversight hearing to describe ongoing and sometimes severe problems with inspections, property management and tenant advocacy services tied to public housing and voucher placement.
Candace Smith, a mother of three in Ward 3, testified that she was notified in April 2024 she would receive a permanent supportive housing voucher but had received no meaningful update and remained at “step 4” of the process a year later. “I have no answers, but only to continue to wait on a call that I don't know when is coming,” she said. Smith told the committee she…
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