Partial collapse of Dupont house shows cracks in District’s inspection system

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An illegal, dilapidated Dupont Circle rental property known to its tenants as the “Demon House” partially collapsed last weekend, forcing six people from the home and raising the question: How did no one see this coming?

“We all knew it should have been condemned,” said Mike Corcoran, a former tenant of 1841 16th St. NW. “It was collapsing.”

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