Let’s Talk: Living in Changing Neighborhoods Virtual Tenant Summit Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 1pm

Let’s Talk: Living in Changing Neighborhoods Virtual Tenant Summit Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 1pm

Let’s Talk: Living in Changing Neighborhoods
Virtual Tenant Summit
Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 1pm

 Register now at otasummit2021.eventbrite.com

The Office of the Tenant Advocate is here to address tenants’ pressing concerns. Hear from panelists from the Department of Behavioral Health, the Rent Administrator, and the Office of the Attorney General about how tenants can work together to ensure their communities are enjoyed by every tenant.

We’ll discuss smoking marijuana in nonsmoking buildings, how to handle situations where a neighbor may be experiencing a mental health crisis, and how diversity affects a unit’s rent-controlled status.

Panel Moderator:
Joel Cohn
Policy Director,
DC Office of the Tenant Advocate

Panelists will include:
Dorothy Kerr
Social Worker, Community Response Team
Department of Behavioral Health

RG Weatherington
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General

Lauren Pair
Rent Administrator
DC Department of Housing and Community Development

Our panelists will help answer the questions:

1. I live in a non-smoking building, but my neighbor smokes medical marijuana. Is this okay?
2. What happens when a landlord moves a tenant with a subsidy into a rent controlled unit? Does it affect the future rent?
3. My neighbor has shown signs of mental illness or inappropriate behavior in my building, and it scared me. What can I do to help?

The panelist will speak for 10-15 minutes, and then we’ll open the forum up to questions from tenants in the audience.

Registration is now open here: otasummit2021.eventbrite.com