DC Worst Landlord Watchlist
#12 on DC's Worst Landlord Watchlist.
DC business records list Ella Luke, Mary Jackson & Patricia Pane as the beneficial owners of 21 buildings, with 733 open violations carrying $756,291 in fines.
DC business records list Ella Luke, Mary Jackson & Patricia Pane on exactly the same companies, so they share one place on the watchlist.
Individual pages: Ella Luke, Mary Jackson, Patricia Pane.
Fines on open violations, by year cited
$53,274 in fines on 58 violations cited more than 3 years ago that DOB still lists as open.
2021
$6,356 in fines
8 open violations
$6K
2021
2022
$16,611 in fines
17 open violations
$17K
2022
2023
$41,039 in fines
45 open violations
$41K
2023
2024
$65,410 in fines
82 open violations
$65K
2024
2025
$531,896 in fines
484 open violations
$532K
2025
2026
$94,979 in fines
97 open violations
$95K
2026
Repeat Violations
Violation types cited 3 or more times across all of these buildings combined.
Cracked plaster, holes, or water damage
161
$99,983
2022–2026
20
Interior structure not in good repair
77
$95,437
2021–2026
15
Unsafe stairs or walking surfaces
57
$70,848
2021–2026
15
Unsanitary bathroom or kitchen fixtures
56
$34,590
2021–2026
17
Smoke alarms missing — sleeping rooms
33
$81,626
2022–2026
13
Smoke alarms missing — common areas
20
$49,641
2022–2026
11
Unsafe cooking or water heating appliances
17
$21,116
2022–2026
9
Failure to maintain interior doors that are securely attached to ja...
17
$2,082
2023–2026
6
Buildings
1
5131 Fitch Street SE
12
62
$73,255
Oct 2026
2
603 53 rd Street SE
14
72
$66,791
Jul 2026
3
605 53 rd Street SE
12
72
$64,602
Jul 2026
4
5119 Fitch Street SE
15
58
$57,871
Oct 2026
5
4820 Benning Road SE
14
49
$54,388
Feb 2026
6
5135 Fitch Street SE
12
52
$52,311
Nov 2025
7
4822 Benning Road SE
14
39
$47,436
Nov 2025
8
5111 Fitch Street SE
14
43
$44,610
Sep 2026
9
4921 G Street SE
10
41
$44,227
Sep 2025
10
4824 Benning Road SE
14
42
$41,332
Feb 2026
11
5133 Fitch Street SE
12
33
$28,615
Nov 2025
12
5117 Fitch Street SE
14
27
$28,241
Sep 2025
13
5123 Fitch Street SE
12
31
$26,331
Nov 2025
14
4927 G Street SE
14
20
$26,138
Apr 2026
15
5113 Fitch Street SE
14
20
$24,986
Sep 2025
16
5107 Fitch Street SE
14
17
$20,115
Oct 2025
17
601 53 rd Street SE
14
22
$17,053
Jun 2024
18
4826 Benning Road SE
13
10
$16,305
May 2026
19
5121 Fitch Street SE
12
13
$9,165
Aug 2026
20
5101 Fitch Street SE
14
6
$8,771
Sep 2026
21
4925 G Street SE
7
4
$3,748
Aug 2025
How Ella Luke, Mary Jackson & Patricia Pane connects to each company
DOB names a company as the owner on its citations. DC business records list Ella Luke, Mary Jackson & Patricia Pane as beneficial owners or co-owners of this company.
DOB names a company as the owner on each citation. We matched those names to DC's beneficial owner records and followed any companies listed as owners up to the people and organizations at the top. Names that agree apart from punctuation and abbreviations were matched automatically; the rest were checked by hand.
The records are a current snapshot, so a company sold since a citation shows its current owners. Fines shown are assessed amounts on open violations; DC does not publish collected amounts.
Under DC law, a company's beneficial owners are anyone holding more than 10% of it, directly or through other companies, and anyone with a smaller stake, or none, who controls its financial or operational decisions or directs its day-to-day operations (D.C. Code § 29-102.01).
Companies report this themselves and DC doesn't verify it, so a listing can be out of date or incomplete.
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