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Amid coronavirus pandemic, Jewish New Year to be heralded, noisily, with #theblast 09/10/2020 10:15am • The loud, warbly sound of a shofar — a ram's horn used as a musical instrument to usher in the Jewish New Year —  is blown in synagogues around the world on Rosh Hashanah. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, many high holiday services will be held virtually, reducing the number of Want a large apartment? Camp Springs may be your best bet 09/10/2020 09:07am • The largest apartment size average in the D.C. area is in Camp Springs, Maryland, at 1,055 square feet, according to RENTcafe.com. (Courtesy Getty Images/iStockphoto/Sparky2000) The District has one of the smallest apartment size averages in the country among big cities, tying San Francisco at a Montgomery Co. begins next phase of coronavirus rental relief 09/10/2020 05:01am • Maryland's Montgomery County has begun its second round of coronavirus-related rental assistance, hoping to fend-off evictions in neighborhoods hit hardest by COVID-19. The money in this second phase of rental relief will first be targeted in neighborhoods that had the highest impact from COVID-1 DC attorney general files 3 lawsuits aimed at housing discrimination 09/09/2020 06:37pm • D.C.'s Office of the Attorney General has filed three lawsuits aimed at protecting residents from housing discrimination. One lawsuit accused a Northwest D.C. landlord of refusing to rent to a prospective tenant because she is Black. The suit alleged that during a showing of a row house on 13t Labor Day weekend during a pandemic: Travel, restaurant trends to expect 09/02/2020 01:27pm • A man wearing a face mask walks past a restaurant in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua via Getty) It has been a difficult summer for many D.C.-area restaurants and tourist spots due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there's still hope the Labor Day weekend could DC-area apartment landlords top the nation for offering renters deals 09/02/2020 08:58am • Landlords are offering more concessions in the D.C. area than anywhere else in the country. Landlords are making more concessions to attract renters, and the D.C. area ranks at the top of the list for it right now. Real estate firm Zillow says 57.5% of rental listings in the D.C. region liste Where DC-area vacationers are going for a 'safe-cation' 08/31/2020 08:36am • Families like Ocean City as a place to vacation. It's one of the places people have been searching, according to Travelocity. (WTOP/Colleen Kelleher) Social distancing has been front and center for summer vacationers. Travelocity says searches for "rental condo" are up 540% from a year ago. S Head to court, advocates advise tenants facing rental evictions 08/30/2020 06:29pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. With failure-to-pay-rent cases set to resume next week, housing advocates and lawyers are urging Marylanders who face eviction to fight fo Your input needed for changes coming to National Mall’s Sylvan Theater 08/26/2020 09:46pm • Nestled on the grounds of the Washington Monument in D.C., the modest Sylvan Theater dates back to 1917, but renovation plans for the space are moving forward with a survey for potential uses. Winners of a 2015 design competition imagine tiered, lawn seating as either an amphitheater or theat Delaware leaders push back on high-risk status after DC Health cites data 'anomaly' 08/25/2020 06:30pm • After months of tracking coronavirus metrics, many states have seen so-called spikes, which are often due to a slew of positive tests being reported on a single day. In Delaware's case, that data fluctuation landed the coastal state on D.C.'s high-risk travel list, which the City of Rehoboth mayor s Meet Jason Wright, the man behind the Washington Football Team's culture change 08/25/2020 04:15am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'a02c95f9-4329-48b0-8d4b-d0e89a2d94db' }).render("650615366e07fb17");}); Dynamic. Charismatic. Natural leader. Spe Airbnb bans house parties worldwide, citing virus mandates 08/20/2020 09:37am • Airbnb is banning house parties worldwide as it tries to clean up its reputation and comply with coronavirus-related limits on gatherings. The San Francisco home sharing company will limit occupancy in its rental homes to 16 people. It may offer exceptions for boutique hotels or other event venue Newest Capitol Riverfront apartments: $10,000/month rents and a private bowling alley 08/20/2020 09:00am • Capitol Riverfront’s newest apartment building certainly keeps up with the Joneses on the amenity list, and some of its largest apartments will rent for $10,000 a month. 10K — at 10 K Street SE, three blocks from Nationals Park — is a 305-unit luxury apartment building from Ruben Companies Montgomery County offering more short-term rent assistance to tenants 08/11/2020 06:23pm • More help is on the way in Montgomery County, Maryland, for tenants who have fallen behind on their rent because of the coronavirus crisis. The county's COVID-19 Rental Assistance Program launched in June and made direct payments to landlords in July. Now, the program is back for a second round. What happens after you’re evicted? 08/10/2020 08:52am • The housing market is bracing for a wave of evictions now that a national moratorium has expired, but D.C. region tenants can still expect some protection through local jurisdictions. The District extended its public emergency through early October, and Maryland courts won’t start hearing cases