The Signal:

Hi, I’m George Gerbo, and welcome to Washington Times Weekly, where we get a chance to sit down with our reporters and talk about their coverage of the latest news and events.
And joining me once again is Washington Times’ cultural reporter, Sean Salai.

[GERBO] Let’s start with the D.C. Council, which has just repealed an ordinance and some of their rules recently that have restricted what landlords have been able to collect from renters. The council has had policies in place since the pandemic that protected renters. But as you’ve written about, landlords have said they’ve lost nearly a billion dollars in rent and other violations that have been …