Vacant Properties

Document the vacant/nuisance properties in our area, and what problems, if any, we’ve had with them. What is the status on properties near you? Please help flesh out this list.  We can clean up these properties one at a time, if we all take on a property near us.

Steps to take for a nuisance property near you:

1. See if the property near you is listed in the DCRA Real Property Sales Database as Vacant:  https://www.taxpayerservicecenter.com/RP_Results.jsp or the Real Property Assessment Database at https://www.taxpayerservicecenter.com/RP_Search.jsp?search_type=Assessment
2. Email DCRA to file a report if a Vacant Property is not accurately listed. vacantproperty@dc.gov or dcra@dc.gov.
3. When you do this, DCRA usually sends you an email within a week or so to tell you that they are in receipt of your complaint. They will give you a phone number and maybe a person to follow up with. A number I have is  202-442-4332.  You MUST follow up repeatedly.
4. If its helpful and possible, meet with the inspector when he comes and tell him first hand the problems the property is causing.

With these steps, I’ve tackled a few vacant properties in my surroundings with success. Please keep us updated on what’s happening with properties near you.

First Street

1500 First St. NW

• Hand-made signs in the windows for several months now claim  the house is “For Sale”, but “under contract.” This house is a haven for activities, and the signs appear to be a ploy to avoid the many fines being imposed on the property for neglect etc.

Third Street

1859 3RD ST  NW - 3096    0810
1902 3RD ST  NW - 3089    0061
1906 3RD ST  NW – 3089    0059
1907 3RD ST  NW - 3088    0809
1414 3RD ST NW - 0553  0807
1542 3rd St NW – SSL: 0521 0028

• The outside area was cleaned up back in December after years of disrepair.

1530 3rd St. NW

• This burned down in 2008.  It is boarded up, but people have pried up the wood in a back window and have been going in and out.
• After the mayor’s visit in June 2009, the city repaired the sidewalk in front, damaged by the firefighers during the fire.

1630 3RD ST NW – 0520    0082
1419 3RD ST NW – 0553    0060
1421  3RD ST NW- 0553    0061

P Street

210 #A and #B

• This building is in total disrepair, and a haven for activities. They recently put 201 A on the market, though its not really split, so not sure how this works.
  

208 P ST NW

• vacant land for sale
  

210 P ST NW, 0553    0820

• Renovation has been progressing over the last five years in slow motion

212 P P ST NW

• Renovation complete and on the market

214 P ST NW, 0553    0125

• Rapidly being renovated

3o1 P St NW

• Old Bates Market.  Owner is renovating.  Planned to finish in Nov 2009.

304 P ST NW, SSL: 0553W   0027

• Neighbor says a family bought this and is under renovation

312 P ST NW, SLL 0553W   0036

• This property is completely opened in the back and frequently has squatters and others doing illegal activities there. Neighbor has called police frequently, once faced personal threats and has not gotten either police or DCRA to respond appropriate.

66  P ST NW , SSL 0616    0065
219  P ST NW, SSL 0552    0113

• Under renovation

310 P ST NW, SLL 0553W   0037

Bates Street

45 BATES ST NW – 0615    0292

227  BATES ST NW – 0552    0093

Q Street

214 Q ST NW, SSL 0552    0069
304 Q ST NW, SSL 0521    0809

• Listed for sale here for $275,000.  Notice it’s called “total fixer-upper”
• Update as of Oct 2009 – looks like it’s being renovated!

Fourth Street