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DC rents are rising for 'lifestyle renters' 09/13/2021 08:38am • Rapidly rising home prices are being eclipsed now by rapidly rising rents. Rental market data company Yardi Matrix reports nationwide, apartment rents across all classes in August were up more than 10% from a year earlier, the largest leap it has ever recorded and besting the previous record set 'Suspicious vehicle' near Tidal Basin found to contain airsoft guns 09/11/2021 04:57pm • Authorities are investigated a suspicious vehicle near the Tidal Basin in Southwest D.C. and two people were detained when a truck with visible airsoft guns parked in the swan boat rental parking lot, according to police. U.S. Park Police and D.C. police responded to the scene around 3 p.m. when Council chairman asks DC mayor to speed emergency money to head off evictions 09/09/2021 01:40pm • The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a nationwide moratorium on evictions, but the ban has ended, and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is raising concern about the possibility of several hundred evictions in the District in the coming weeks. "We have money available to help tenants with their rent; What federal help is still available with jobless benefits, eviction protections ending 09/09/2021 08:00am • Americans are no longer protected from evictions or receiving beefed-up unemployment payments, but they are still benefiting from many other federal coronavirus rescue measures. More support may be on the way, as Democrats on Capitol Hill hammer out a 10-year, $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation Young adults move back in with parents due to economy, rental market 09/05/2021 05:27pm • Young adults across the D.C. region are making the choice to move back home with mom and dad, and while the free housing cuts down on monthly expenses, it doesn’t come without a cost. In Virginia, 42% of young adults have moved back in with their parents. In Maryland and the District, around 27 Sale of Md. land, former site of African American burial site, is on hold 09/04/2021 12:07am • A Montgomery County, Maryland, judge has temporarily blocked the $51 million sale of land that includes a historic African American cemetery and the Westwood Tower Apartments in Bethesda, Maryland. Part of the Moses Macedonia African Cemetery, according to the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, DC region set for sunny, fall-like weather after Ida remnants bring floods, tornadoes 09/02/2021 09:43pm • The D.C. area is in for a much-needed stretch of sunny, cool, dry weather as it recovers from the the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which triggered severe storms and deadly flash flooding on Wednesday. Ida may be gone, but the storm's aftermath will be felt for days, if not longer. In Maryland, offi Scooter company Helbiz launches narrated historical tours through DC 09/01/2021 10:30am • You can take an audio guided tour of D.C. on a Helbiz scooter. (Courtesy Helbiz) D.C. tourists and residents can get a two-wheeled historical tour of the area on a Helbiz scooter. Helbiz, one of several shared electric scooter companies operating in the D.C. area, has partnered with audio tou Why DC-area rents are now rising so quickly 08/31/2021 09:52am • In the first few months of the pandemic in 2020, renters whose income was impacted fled their apartments in droves, some downsizing to cheaper units, some doubling or tripling up with roommates, and many moving in with families. That drove vacancy rates higher, and rental rates sharply lower as a re DC reaches rental assistance milestone ahead of use-it-or-lose-it deadline 08/27/2021 11:22pm • D.C. has reached a national milestone for rent relief ahead of a use-it-or-lose-it deadline, ensuring more funds will be available for renters and landlords in the District, the mayor's office announced Friday. So far, the District has provided nearly $143 million available in rent and utility as Lawsuits allege 'disgraceful' negligence before fatal 2019 fire, seek $300M from landlord, DC 08/24/2021 05:03pm • The families of two people killed in an August 2019 row house fire in Northwest D.C. have filed wrongful death lawsuits totaling $300 million against the landlord and D.C. authorities, alleging a stunning pattern of negligence in the months leading up to the fire. The two lawsuits were filed by a DC metro has nation's 5th-largest spike in apartment rental activity 08/23/2021 09:50am • The COVID-19 pandemic upended the D.C.-area apartment rental market. As financially impacted renters moved back home, or doubled or tripled up with friends, vacancies soared and rental rates tumbled. But renters have returned, and D.C. is one of the top mega-hubs to brush off worries of fleeing rent Shame put Virginia on course to stronger tenant protections 08/22/2021 08:11am • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — When four people facing eviction arrived at a Virginia Beach courthouse in early August, they never had to stand before a judge, a process that for many can be stressful and humiliating. Instead, an attorney representing landlords told them their housing woes were bei Hogan urges counties to improve rent relief distribution 08/21/2021 09:40pm • OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is urging county leaders to do a better job delivering millions of available dollars for pandemic-related rental assistance to those who need it. Hogan spoke Saturday at the annual Maryland Association of Counties convention in Ocean City. He Fire lookouts keep watch over threatened forests 08/15/2021 04:55pm • ▶ Watch Video: Fire lookouts keep watch over threatened forests Perched high atop Mount Bolivar in Northern California, Karita Knisely spends her summer scanning the skies. Most days, all she sees are clouds and trees – the firs and pines of Klamath National Forest. She'll record a f