Kennedy-Warren Tenants Stage Rent Strike
posted 7:03 am Fri January 25, 2008 - WASHINGTON
A group of tenants at a Northwest Washington apartment building are staging what city officials say is the first large-scale rent strike of its kind in the city.
People who live in the Kennedy-Warren apartment building next to the National Zoo are refusing to pay a $233 monthly renovation surcharge that went into effect at the first of the year. They say the owner, Bethesda-based B.F. Saul Company, is gutting the Art Deco building's character, gouging tenants for renovation costs and violating rent control laws.
Representatives of the company did not return calls from The Washington Post seeking comment. The building was once home to Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, before they moved to the White House. It opened in 1931 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Information from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com
People who live in the Kennedy-Warren apartment building next to the National Zoo are refusing to pay a $233 monthly renovation surcharge that went into effect at the first of the year. They say the owner, Bethesda-based B.F. Saul Company, is gutting the Art Deco building's character, gouging tenants for renovation costs and violating rent control laws.
Representatives of the company did not return calls from The Washington Post seeking comment. The building was once home to Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, before they moved to the White House. It opened in 1931 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. -
Information from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com
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Cherrylicious
11:10 am on 01/25/08
Its about time people starting joining together to try and make a difference!!!!
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