Firing of D.C. rent control boss is hot topic

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Landlords and tenants will face off today as the D.C. Council convenes hearings on whether Mayor Adrian Fenty yielded to business interests when he fired the city’s top rent official.

Grayce Wiggins was dropped as the city’s rent administrator last month. The Fenty administration has cited its executive privilege — and employee privacy rules — in refusing to discuss the dismissal.

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