The Van Ness South Tenants Association today sent a letter to Josh Luper, Equity Residential building manager for 3003 Van Ness, requesting that he instruct Equity employees not to remove posters informing residents about building-wide inspections of 3003 Van Ness by the DC Department of Buildings.

The letter states that the tenant association posters are important because they provide residents essential information about a very serious electrical problem that has been discovered in recent investigations, which can be life-threatening in certain circumstances. The flyers also tell residents that they must fill out a permission form to have their apartment inspected.

The posters are particularly important because Equity Residential has not made vigorous efforts to inform residents about the inspections. For this reason, the Van Ness South Tenants Association has taken steps to make sure that residents receive information that may be important to their personal safety.

See the letter in print-friendly format at this link.

We ask that you instruct your employees not to remove tenant association flyers of any sort, specifically, those that are designed to alert them to a potential safety hazard and to let them know that they must sign a permission form to get an inspection of their unit. We also ask that you instruct them specifically not to remove information posted by the Department of Buildings.