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Montgomery Co. panel amends bill on mandatory air conditioning for renters 11/18/2019 05:16pm • A Montgomery County Council committee voted this week to amend a bill mandating that landlords provide air conditioning for rental tenants. The Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee voted on an amendment that would allow tenants to opt out of air conditioning in exchange for lower Online rent platforms to patrol DC listings for housing assistance discrimination 11/03/2019 06:18am • D.C.'s Attorney General is touting a deal with one of the biggest online apartment rental platforms that aims to make it harder for landlords to discriminate against those who use public assistance to pay their rent. Attorney General Karl Racine said the CoStar Group, which owns Apartments.com an Ginosi barred from selling illegal short-term rentals in DC 11/01/2019 01:38pm • D.C. has banned California-based company Ginosi from selling dozens of illegal short-term rentals in residential apartment buildings, forcing the company to pay more than $782,000 in unpaid taxes and civil penalties. D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine said the Ginosi USA Corporation violated Di DC condo vs. DC co-op: What's the difference? 10/28/2019 09:37am • Manhattan's housing market is well-known for its cooperative buildings, but the District is second only to New York City for concentration of co-ops. The first co-ops were started in the District around 1920, and they became especially popular as the city's population began to grow after World Wa Montgomery Co. tracks sophisticated online scams targeting buyers and sellers 10/28/2019 05:19am • Sophisticated scams intending to fleece buyers and sellers have recently picked up in Montgomery County, Maryland. The Office of Consumer Protection is tracking online scams that are harder to catch than your average phishing scheme. They can revolve around simple transactions, such as real estat Maryland sues company tied to Jared Kushner, alleges it fleeced renters 10/23/2019 07:19pm • FILE - In this July 29, 2019, photo, a sign sits outside the Dutch Village apartments and townhomes, owned by the Kushner Cos., in Baltimore. Maryland's attorney general is suing a real estate company once run by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law for allegedly illegal and harmful r Washington's most expensive ZIP codes for rent 10/10/2019 01:30pm • Average monthly rent in Rosslyn goes for $2,718. (Getty Images) The average apartment rent in Washington, D.C., doesn't crack the top 50 for most expensive ZIP codes in the country, but rents in the District are the highest in the mid-Atlantic region. The most expensive ZIP codes are in the W College Park cracks down on parties 09/25/2019 07:24am • The city of College Park, Maryland, has approved an ordinance that cracks down hard on "unruly social gatherings" around the city. The unanimous vote capped off a hearing Tuesday night that dragged on for hours as longtime residents squared off with students and landlords who were opposed to the Affordable pet care options and strategies 09/25/2019 05:00am • Owning a pet can improve your well-being, lower stress and reduce anxiety, but the cost of caring for a four-legged family member can be tremendous. According to a 2018 survey from Rover.com, the nation's largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers, caring for a dog costs approximately $153 per m Short-term rental program begins in Prince George's Co. Oct. 1 09/24/2019 11:49am • Attention, Prince George's County homeowners: You'll be able to post your properties on Airbnb and other short-term rental websites — legally — starting next week. The application approval process for short-term rentals begins Oct. 1 through the Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enfor 1 year after first fatal e-scooter crash, Dupont Circle site of safety push 09/20/2019 12:35pm • About a year after 20-year-old Carlos Sanchez-Martin died — the first person in D.C. to be killed while riding an electric scooter — local officials gathered at busy Dupont Circle to remind people about safety on roads and sidewalks. "Carlos was killed while crossing Dupont Circle on a scoote Man steals dragon-shaped pedal boat at National Harbor 09/17/2019 11:33pm • A man pedaled away from a dock in Prince George's County, Maryland, in a stolen dragon-shaped pedal boat, police said. It happened Monday around 7:15 p.m., police responded to a call about a man who stole a pedal boat at National Harbor. Prince George's County police say a man stole a dragon- Air conditioning could become mandatory in Montgomery Co. rental units 09/11/2019 07:19am • Landlords in Montgomery County, Maryland, aren't required to provide air conditioning for tenants — but that may soon change. Bill 24-19, proposed by Councilman Tom Hucker, would require landlords to provide and maintain air conditioning at least 80 degrees between May 1 and Sept. 30. "Acces DC police chief issues executive order in response to deadly fire 09/04/2019 10:54pm • D.C.'s police chief issued an executive order Tuesday that establishes new protocols for reporting and responding to potential fire code violations. Chief Peter Newsham issued the order in response to a deadly fire at a row house in Northwest D.C. last month, which claimed the lives of a man and Report: Lack of affordable housing could drive families out of DC area 09/04/2019 04:00pm • Some 220,000 families in the greater D.C. area could be at risk of having to leave the region in coming years if more is not done to expand the availability of low- and moderately-priced housing, according to a report released Wednesday by the Urban Institute. "What's needed is a mix of policies