Late last week, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development John Falcicchio resigned. This week, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she is investigating Falcicchio, her longtime adviser, for sexual harassment. WAMU/DCist reporter Martin Austermuhle gives us the context. Plus, we talk about next week’s congressional hearing on D.C. crime.

A new investigation from WAMU/DCist’s Morgan Baskin finds that local real estate companies are taking advantage of D.C.’s Housing Choice Voucher program. The strategy: purchasing rent-stabilized buildings, buying out current tenants, adding more bedrooms (which boosts the price), and renting units through housing subsidy programs, where landlords can collect two or three times the rent they would on the normal market. But new tenants of these flipped buildings often live in unsafe or poorly kept apartments. Baskin joins us to discuss her findings and how this practice is impacting the D.C. rental market.

The Arlington County Board unanimously passed a zoning change that will allow multifamily buildings to be built on areas previously reserved for single-family homes. We talk with Board Chair Christian Dorsey (D) about what this means for future development in the county.

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