The government shutdown of 2018/2019 has been, as of this writing, an unprecedented 35-day hardship for approximately 800,000 federal employees. The shutdown began on December 21st; on December 26th Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a stop-work order to all contractors, and on December 28th the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ran out of funds and... Continue Reading →
TOPA Changes: A Follow-Up
In April this blog discussed pending changes to current TOPA requirements for D.C. homeowners, many of whom could not sell their homes due to tenants (or those who purchased the tenant rights) demanding large sums of money to relinquish interest in a property and permit the sale. As of April the D.C. Council voted to exempt single-family... Continue Reading →
