The lawsuit is the first filed to enforce new tenant protections passed into law last year that prevent landlords from discriminating against voucher holders for missing rental payments before being awarded a. And it is the first such suit filed by Schwalb, who was sworn into office at the beginning of this year.
When the applicant informed Davis Dukes about her voucher, the suit said, Davis Dukes “made an unpleasant facial expression in response to this information but asserted that vouchers would be accepted,” according to the suit. Bailey told one person who said they had a voucher that she should apply to a different property because “the approval requirements are not as strict,” according to the suit.
Jerome Bailey said in an interview that the lawsuit was “misdirected” and denied the allegations. Bailey said 85 percent of his 800 housing units in the District are occupied by voucher holders and he is a board member of the nonprofit mental health organization Community Connections.
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