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Fitsum A Kassaye

Ward 7
1 Building
6 Open Violations
$7,371 Fines on Open Violations
Dec 2025 Last Violation

Violations

Open violations at this landlord's buildings, grouped by type, most often cited first.

Violation Times Cited Fines Date Range Buildings
Failure to provide common areas and stairways with sufficient illum... 2 $1,218 2024–2024 1
Failure to maintain roof drains, gutters and downspouts in good rep... 1 $609 2024–2024 1
Failure to maintain in good working order equipment, systems, devic... 1 $2,436 2024–2024 1
Failure to maintain exterior doors, door assemblies, operator syste... 1 $609 2024–2024 1
Smoke alarms missing — common areas 1 $2,499 2025–2025 1

Building

# Address Units Violations Fines Last Cited
1 3004 Nelson Place SE 4 6 $7,371 Dec 2025

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Violation and fine data from DC Department of Buildings open records. Fines shown are assessed amounts; DC does not publish collected amounts. "Last cited" is the date of the most recent violation recorded for each building.