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Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said the legislation is an attempt to support affordable housing providers who are in crisis mode over unpaid rent. Tenant advocates are worried.

A move away from housing first solutions for homelessness. Further criminalization of sleeping outdoors. Cuts to housing programs. These are some of the changes advocates and people experiencing homelessness worry could be on the horizon as President Trump moves back into the White House, backed by a Republican-controlled Congress

Lawmakers, attorneys, and activists think the city government should be better at policing landlords who force tenants to live in squalid conditions.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to deport millions of people once he enters office. Many so-called Dreamers, people who were brought to America illegally as children but were later granted protection, are now scared they too will have to leave.

At the urging of landlords, the Council undid provisions barring evictions while tenants await the resolution of rental assistance applications. But there are big doubts that it will really make a difference.

While housing providers claim tenants apply for rental assistance they don't need, tenants and legal advocates say some landlords are the source of delays.