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How a Strike Force Recommends DC Save its Rental Housing Market
Nena Perry-Brown | May 24th 2021
After months of conversation and deliberation, the Saving the District’s Rental Housing Strike Force has released some recommendations. ... read »

DC Could Begin Using DOPA As Early As February
Nena Perry-Brown | November 29th 2018
The framework to begin implementing the District Opportunity to Purchase Act was released earlier this month. ... read »

DC Council Passes TOPA Exemption Law
UrbanTurf Staff | April 10th 2018
The DC Council passed a bill that will exempt renters of homes in DC from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) on Tuesday. ... read »

What Constitutes a Single-Family Home Under DC’s TOPA Exemption?
Nena Perry-Brown | March 7th 2018
Today, UrbanTurf dives deeper into which single-family homes would be exempt from TOPA under the bill DC Council voted on yesterday. ... read »

DC Council Advances Single-Family Home Exemption to TOPA
Nena Perry-Brown | March 6th 2018
The DC Council voted today to advance a bill that would exempt single-family homes from TOPA. ... read »

TOPA Bill Exempting Single-Family Homes Inches Forward
Nena Perry-Brown | February 26th 2018
The bill exempting single-family homes in DC from TOPA requirements was unanimously voted out of committee on Friday. ... read »

The District May Soon Exercise Property Purchase Rights
Nena Perry-Brown | January 2nd 2018
Nearly a decade after the law's passage, the Department of Housing and Community Development published rules for implementation of the District... read »

Debate Heats Up Around DC’s Proposed TOPA Law
Nena Perry-Brown | September 22nd 2017
TOPA was back in the spotlight on Thursday as the DC Council Committee on Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization held a hearing on the... read »

DC May Soon Exercise its Right of Second Refusal
Nena Perry-Brown | August 11th 2017
DOPA, the District's lesser-known version of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, may finally be close to implementation seven years after it... read »

DC Association of Realtors Says Proposed TOPA Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Nena Perry-Brown | June 8th 2017
Yesterday, the DC Council introduced a bill that would exempt single-family homes with a rental unit from TOPA. The DC Association of Realtors says... read »
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DC's homebuyer assistance programs can be a bit complex. This edition of First-Timer ... read »

The most detailed rendering yet has been unveiled for the 310-unit redevelopment of t... read »

A look around DC to find the most equity-rich neighborhoods.... read »

Developments both big and small are continuing to churn throughout the Anacostia area... read »

The National Capital Planning Commission will consider approval of the final master p... read »
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