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DC Worst Landlord Watchlist

The Morris And Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Ward 1
3 Buildings
120 Total Violations
$188,628 Fines Assessed
Mar 2025 Last Violation

DC Worst Landlord Watchlist

One of the worst landlords in DC. Ranked #2 in Ward 1 by total fines assessed.

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Buildings across DC

Repeat Violations

Violation types cited 3 or more times across this landlord's properties.

Violation Times Cited Fines Date Range Buildings
Smoke alarms missing — sleeping rooms 25 $62,412 2024–2025 2
Failure to correct electrical system that constitutes a hazard to t... 19 $21,509 2020–2025 1
Failure to maintain all fire and smokestop doors in operable condition 13 $27,209 2020–2020 1
Unsafe cooking or water heating appliances 12 $12,534 2018–2020 2
Mechanical or electrical systems unmaintained 10 $12,490 2025–2025 1
Failure to continuously maintain fire alarm systems in accordance w... 5 $10,871 2020–2025 1
Failure to eliminate and repaint surfaces with peeling, flaking or ... 4 $2,500 2025–2025 1
Interior surfaces unsanitary or in poor condition 3 $1,859 2024–2025 1

Buildings

# Address Units Violations Fines Last Cited
1 2901 18 th Street NW Park Crescent 85 111 $180,995 Mar 2025 2 1445 Otis Place NW Ward 1 115 8 $7,008 Feb 2025 3 1445 Ogden Street NW Ward 1 111 1 $625 Jan 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.