Columbia heights   
1400 Irving st NW 

⚠️I’m just sharing incase this helps anyone I don’t know if any of there regulations have changed. 

I had got an ADU unit   
(affordable dwelling unit) 

You may find them in VA as well & in MD as MPDU but not many have a deal similar to this one 

I went on google and typed in ADU DC   
And landed on a website titled   
“Quickbase ADU DC” 

And landed on the “ADU dashboard”   
Here’s the direct link 

https://octo.quickbase.com/db/bmzi6hwe2?a=Mobile\_q&qid=8

Going down this list I called apartments and asked them if they participated in ADU , asked for income/rates/ MFI% 

When I contacted Highland Park at Columbia Heigts they stated that any listings on their website around 700ish sq ft were available for ADU 

afterwards I completed the ADU. Application and went in person to ask questions about the apartment. 

Eventually I asked her about my income.   
At the time I had calculated my income to be   
$23K making 7-800 bi weekly at the post office 

She said that’s a little low atleast 25K would be enough, so she stated they accept cashapp statements and Venmo statements for any “side gig” income 

so I said I do have side gig income as well   
**she stated that they do their ADU’s differently.**  
**They instead create a customized rent amount for your income it’s self based on what you can afford.**   
**Which is never how any average ADU would work!** 

I sent her all the documentation and after careful review of my numbers she then had given me the rent of $970 

**Unfortunately, I had felt pressured to resign from my job and had hostile work environment. I then fell into a manic episode and resigned from my job.** 

**I then went 7 months w/o paying rent in full and owe about $5K eventually they sent me to court and I decided to end the lease before they could evict me.** 

**I had intentions of doing a lawsuit against the job situation but it wasn’t worth it.** 

**You’re welcome if this helps you.** 

I had a 1BD apt in NW DC for $970 (2024-2025)