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2-year Tenants’ Strike at Marbury Plaza Ends with Plan for $5 Million in Repairs

August 18, 2010

A two-year tenants' rent strike at a Southeast Washington apartment complex, started after the deaths of a toddler and her mother in a 2005 laundry room explosion exposed longstanding security and maintenance issues, has been settled, with the complex's owner agreeing to pay $5 million for repairs.

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August 18, 2010

2-year Tenants’ Strike at Marbury Plaza Ends with Plan for $5 Million in Repairs
A two-year tenants' rent strike at a Southeast Washington apartment complex, started after the deaths of a toddler and her mother in a 2005 laundry ro...
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February 09, 2011

D.C.’s Leading Provider of Clean Needles to Drug Addicts to Close Feb. 25
The leading provider of clean needles to drug addicts in the District to help stem the spread of AIDS plans to shut its doors by the end of the month,...
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May 06, 2011

On a Rooftop in the City, Grows Hope
Last week, Secretary Vilsack stopped by Bread for the City and joined National and Community Service CEO Patrick Corvington and Bread for the City Pre...