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 ...

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 ...

SAFEbuilt is expanding its partnership with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) in Washington, D.C. as part of an ongoing initiative to expedite the delivery of permits. SAFEbuilt ...

Today, the District of Columbia announced that DCRA will close all of its in-person permit, license and other centers until at least April 27, 2020. Permits remain available online, and DCRA is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...