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D.C. judge awards rent credits to Marbury Plaza’s residents

May 9, 2023 at 6:20 p.m. EDT
The Marbury Plaza apartment complex in June 2021. (Amanda Voisard/The Washington Post)
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correction

A previous version of this story incorrectly said a D.C. judge imposed fines on the owner of Marbury Plaza. The judge did not. This version has been corrected.

A D.C. judge has ordered the owner of the troubled Marbury Plaza apartment complex to give tenants rent credits for the months they have been living in substandard conditions. The ruling, handed down in late April, comes more than a year after the judge ordered the owner of the sprawling apartment complex in Southeast Washington to repair the aging buildings and ensure they were safe for residents to live in.