WASHINGTON — The DC Council on Wednesday passed a heavily amended version of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Rebalancing Expectations for Neighbors, Tenants, and Landlords Act ─ a housing reform measure that restores eviction rates to pre-pandemic levels.

The measure is an attempt to manage a housing crisis in the District.

Bowser’s approach to the problem was hatched in the shadow of massive job losses in D.C., as President Donald Trump’s administration fired Federal employees en masse. The job losses were expected to lead to a $1 billion loss of revenue in D.C.

According to Councilmember Robert White, 70% of District residents rent.

“You have all heard me say many times before that the city is in a housing and investment crisis,” White said.

Slow construction and red tape, he says, are driv

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