A recent search of the DC Department of Buildings SCOUT information system found that DOB has imposed $94,083 in fines on Equity Residential for housing code violations at 3003 Van Ness since January 1 of this year.
The Department of Buildings has been conducting hundreds of inspections of apartments and common areas of 3003 Van Ness since August 2023. In August of 2024, the tenant association retrieved records of fines assessed by DOB for violations at 3003 Van Ness and found that the totaled more than $1.2 million. DOB later determined that Equity corrected those infractions it and forgave the company for more than $1 million in fines.
However, the tenant association has continued to complain about serious safety and maintenance problems at 3003 Van Ness, including chronically broken security doors (allowing unauthorized access to the building), elevators that don’t work, fire-safety doors that do not shut automatically, and other problems in individual apartments and common areas. Because of these complaints, the tenant association and individual residents have requested additional inspections, which have turned up more violations — $94,083 in total as of March 3rd, 2025.
Equity Residential has told the tenant association that it plans to address the violations.