D.C. will cap rent hikes in rent-stabilized buildings at 6 percent this year and 12 percent over two years, with lower caps for seniors and people with disabilities.
. Some members sought even stricter caps to relieve lower-income renters, while property owners described their own financial challenges arising from the eviction moratorium and pandemic, when they could not increase rents for two years. The final form of the legislation the council passed on an emergency basis Tuesday sought to strike a balance between both sets of concerns, said Council member Brooke Pinto . The legislation passed unanimously.
Against this backdrop, housing advocates implored the council to cap rent hikes for rent-stabilized buildings at 5 percent this year, and 10 percent cumulatively over two years. “Having this lower cap is going back to the idea of what rent control is in the first place — it’s not a landlord protection, it’s a renter protection,” said Eliana Golding, a housing analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute.
Lewis George, along with Council members Brianne K. Nadeau and Zachary Parker , had pushed to amend White’s initial proposal to cap rent hikes at 5 percent this year and 10 percent cumulatively over two years, stressing the rent hikes could have a disproportionate impact on lower-income Black and Brown residents.
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