The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, D.C.’s agency responsible for everything from monitoring illegal construction to issuing basic business licenses, has the distinction of being among ...

WASHINGTON — In January, WUSA9 cameras captured an entire crew of home renovators that were ordered to stop working on a house on A Street in Southeast D.C. Their violation? Working without permits ...

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of developers in the District are cutting corners on construction, and are getting away with it. They walked away without paying the city $6 million. A new report by the Office ...

Few D.C. government agencies absorb as much criticism as the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. For its poor customer service, backlog of work, antiquated filing systems and history of ...

D.C. homeowners and some D.C. Council members are pushing back against a government program that promises to slash waiting times for building permits from 30 days to as little as one day — for a fee ...

A one-year-old D.C. program for fast-tracking building permit applications is coming under review amid concerns over potential corruption. The D.C. Office of the Inspector General will begin a review ...

Here’s one unorthodox way to get your permits through the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs’ bureaucracy: pay off the people who work there. Macoumba N’Diaye, who worked as a private ...

A quick update on The Black Squirrel's rather public dispute with D.C.'s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs over a permit to build a new bar in the basement of its Adams Morgan location: ...