Are you an existing landlord or a prospective landlord in Bloomingdale?
See the announcement below from Ward 5 Councilmember McDuffie.
Does this "ban to box" bill impact Bloomingdale landlords who rent out their basements?
See this response from Nolan Treadway of CM McDuffie's office:
Owner-occupied units are EXEMPT from this law. As long as the
owner lives on the property and the entire property is less than 4 units, this
legislation would not apply.
And now you know.
From: Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie [mailto:kmcduffie=dccouncil.us@mail64.atl91.mcsv.net] On Behalf Of Councilmember
Kenyan R. McDuffie
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 3:14 PM
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: McDuffie Sends Housing and LGBT Rights
Legislation to Full Council
McDuffie Sends Housing and LGBT Rights Legislation
to Full Council
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McDuffie Sends Housing and LGBT Rights
Legislation to Full Council
Trio of Bills Will "Ban the Box" in
Housing; Legalize Surrogacy Agreements; and Recognize Gender
Identity on Death Certificates
For
Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Contact:
Nolan Treadway, 202-445-0361, ntreadway@dccouncil.us
Washington, DC – Today, the Committee on the Judiciary of the D.C.
Council voted unanimously to send three bills to the full Council.
Fair
Criminal Record Screening for Housing Act of 2016
[B21-0706]
This bill – often called "Ban the Box for Housing" –
prohibits housing providers from considering prior arrests that did
not result in convictions when evaluating an applicant for tenancy.
The bill also prohibits a housing provider from making an applicant
disclose a pending criminal accusation or criminal conviction prior
to making a conditional offer for housing. And after extending a
conditional offer for housing, a housing provider must provide an
applicant with the eligibility criteria used in deciding whether to
rent or lease and may only consider certain pending criminal
accusations and criminal convictions that have occurred in the past
seven years. After a conditional offer is made, it may only be
withdrawn if the housing provider determines that the withdrawal or
adverse action achieves a substantial, legitimate,
nondiscriminatory interest. Finally, the bill provides that
complaints alleging violations of the law can be filed with the
Office of Human Rights.
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Upon passage of the bill out of Committee,
Councilmember McDuffie remarked: “The
use of criminal history-based restrictions on access to housing
results in the same racial and ethnic disparities in housing that
we see in our criminal justice system. We know criminal and
arrest records are rarely looked at on a case-by-case basis and
instead used in blanket denials of anyone who may have a blemish
on their record. This legislation means that the tens of
thousands of District residents who have some kind of criminal
record will not be discriminated against on that basis.”
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