WHAT WE DO

Members of the tenants association work together to help improve living conditions at 3003 Van Ness. For example, we:

• Fight for better security and a safer building.

• Stand up for residents when management doesn’t respond to their legitimate requests.

• Share information with members to help them understand their rights.

• Organize working groups so tenants can work on issues that interest them.

• Help residents communicate with each other via our Google Group.

• Share important news about what is happening in the building via our Google Group, news feed and Twitter.

• Help defend tenants against illegal rent increases.

• Contact city inspectors when plaster crumbles from garage ceilings or the elevators break down.

• Work with City Council members on important housing issues, including passing laws.

• Work with the DC Metropolitan Police Department to make the building safer.

• Work with the Office of the Tenant Advocate and other city agencies.

• File tenant petitions in administrative court or take other legal action when necessary.

• Work to help make housing more affordable for all DC residents by fighting the “rent concession” scam and other abuses.