Developer Geoff Griffis wants to turn a rent-controlled Congress Heights apartment complex that he bought from Sanford Capitol into high-end, luxury condominiums. Before he can do it, he has to force all the current residents out. They will not leave without a fight. Residents like Robert T. Greene, who participated in a march to the home of Geoff Griffis on Saturday February 10, is the featured in the video below.
Robert and the other tenants have formed the Alabama Avenue/13th Street Tenant Coalition. The organization intends to buy the property themselves under the District’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA). With the help of nonprofit housing developer National Housing Trust, they would turn the complex into 200 affordable apartments. But Geoff Griffis is doing his best to make sure they can’t buy the property.
ONE DC explains the case and asks that you join them and other anti-displacement activists like Justice First and KeepDC4Me. Show up and …
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Will the landlord be responsible for placing the tenants into another property that matches their current rent? Also, what if the tenant(s) are not able to afford the property, what happens next?