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Local investigative reporting is vital for our community.
SpotlightDC's mission is simple, 💲resource reporters doing this important work.
Hear from @js_kaplan, one of our first grantees:
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The Capital City Fund For Investigative Journalism
Katılım Mart 2020
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SpotlightDC is proud to have supported the launch of Dream City, a new podcast focused on timely analysis of the most important stories in D.C. — and holding the powerful accountable along the way.
Cuneyt Dil@cuneytdil
🎙️ I got exciting news! @tomsherwood and I are starting a new independent podcast, the Dream City Podcast. We're going to start a new weekly-ish convo about the politics and business of hometown D.C., with guests and top local journalists.
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New data shows evictions in D.C. have surged past pre-pandemic levels, fueled by shrinking aid, high rents, and weakened tenant protections.
Reported in partnership with @streetsensedc and @irworkshop, with funding from @Spotlight4DC: 51st.news/record-evictio…
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@mhbaskin @DCAttorneyGen And, thanks to @NewsMatch all your gifts (up to $1000) will be DOUBLED now through the end of the year - help spread the word! spotlightdc.org/donate/
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@mhbaskin @DCAttorneyGen Accountability journalism like this is expensive, that's why SpotlightDC exists, to help fund the gaps. We can only do so with your support: spotlightdc.org/donate/
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SpotlightDC is proud to continue to fund the accountability investigations into D.C. slumlord, Ali “Sam” Razjooyan. Read the latest here:
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/754131…
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Thanks to @Spotlight4DC for helping fund this story and to 51st members who make our existence possible! Join in today: 51st.news/signup
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This is an awful situation, though Jubilee stepping in seems to be a ray of hope.
So glad @ndelgadillo07 put in the time to connect with tenants, sort through the polices and procedures, and shine more light on this (with @Spotlight4DC's support).
The 51st@51stnews
In September, a gas explosion at an old building in Columbia Heights put 38 families out of a home. Where do they go now? buff.ly/3YAuVHz
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Today our first project with @51stnews published, the new worker-led news site coming out of the ashes of DCist. Give it a read:
The 51st@51stnews
In September, a gas explosion at an old building in Columbia Heights put 38 families out of a home. Where do they go now? buff.ly/3YAuVHz
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I am so excited about this proposed legislation! Thank you @charlesallen @CMCharlesAllen for listening to residents like me and those in my building. we know there is a long road ahead, but we are so excited that this step is being taken to protect DC renters! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
CM Allen's Team@CMCharlesAllen
Today, CM @charlesallen introduced a bill that would ban the practice of charging renters in large buildings fees for utility usage in common areas. These fees have grown in use & can add $100+ a month on top of the rent. Read more in our press release: charlesallenward6.com/legislation_el…
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One month after the SpotlightDC funded @wcp investigation published, @charlesallen introduced legislation banning common area utility fees in large buildings. #Impact
charlesallenward6.com/introduces_leg…
SpotlightDC@Spotlight4DC
New SpotlightDC funded investigation by Suzie Amanuel for @wcp digs into the hidden and misleading fees from corporate landlord impacting D.C. tenants like Nikki Peele. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/747728…
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Today the DC attorney general announced he’s suing this landlord for egregious housing code violations and defrauding the city’s rapid rehousing program 👇
Morgan Baskin@mhbaskin
New investigation from me: Local developers are buying rent-controlled apartments, clearing out existing tenants, and marketing to housing choice voucher holders -- incentivized by DCHA's overpayments. In the process, they're eroding affordable housing. dcist.com/story/23/03/20…
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Impact: It was @mhbaskin's SpotlightDC funded investigation published by @DCist + @wamu885
that first called attention to the unlivable conditions in Sam Razjooyan's buildings. dcist.com/story/23/03/20…
AG Brian Schwalb@DCAttorneyGen
NEW: We sued slumlord Sam Razjooyan for horrific housing code violations, illegal construction, and defrauding DC's Rapid Rehousing program. No DC resident should have to endure the appalling and dangerous conditions that tenants face at these properties in Ward 8 and Ward 7.
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I am honored to have had the opportunity to tell my story about the negative impact of common area utility billing (RUBS) and how it exploits #DC renters. We need laws to make this predatory and non-transparent practice illegal. Thank you to Suzie Amanuel, @Spotlight4DC & @wcp!
SpotlightDC@Spotlight4DC
New SpotlightDC funded investigation by Suzie Amanuel for @wcp digs into the hidden and misleading fees from corporate landlord impacting D.C. tenants like Nikki Peele. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/747728…
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Another important housing story published by @wcp, funded by SpotlightDC.
Make sure you give @AlexKomaWCP's latest a read: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/747813…
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When you’re dealing with the messy business of inheritances, the last thing you want is a years-long wild goose chase searching for probate records.
Yet that’s exactly what some DC families have endured, my latest @Spotlight4DC investigation found:
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/747813…
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Deep reporting like this costs $$$ and time (which also costs $!)
SpotlightDC is proud to fund investigations like this one.
Donate to make more of this work possible: spotlightdc.org/donate/
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The issue wasn't just in Nikki's building. This reporting looked at 100s of eviction filings, multiple lawsuits and spoke with over 60 tenants to uncover a pattern of charing renters misleading utility fees in over 20 buildings around the city: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/747728…
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New SpotlightDC funded investigation by Suzie Amanuel for @wcp digs into the hidden and misleading fees from corporate landlord impacting D.C. tenants like Nikki Peele. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/747728…
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