07/17/2026
"This is my neighborhood." — LaRuby May , Co-Founder of May Jung Law
May Jung Law and DiCello Levitt have filed two related lawsuits in D.C. Superior Court against the owners and managers of Congress Park I & II Apartments in Ward 8 — a proposed class action on behalf of residents, and a civil rights and personal injury lawsuit on behalf of two men who survived being shot on the property and the mother of James Robinson, who was killed inside his apartment on May 26, 2025. The gunman got in through an entry door with a broken lock — a known safety failure that was never fixed.
The lawsuits allege that while Congress Park racked up more than 1,100 housing code violations and over $1.1 million in fines, its owners invested heavily in luxury developments in other, less predominantly Black neighborhoods. Residents — more than 80% of whom are Black — were left with broken locks, darkened stairwells, chronic mold, heat and water outages, and a wave of violence that included at least 22 shootings and no fewer than 19 deaths between 2019 and 2025.
Residents call it a "killing zone." Fair housing laws exist to prevent exactly this.
Seniors afraid to leave their apartments. A grandmother who credits a tree outside her window with stopping bullets. A young man, shot while caring for his grandmother, now too afraid to return — even though she still needs him. That's what eviction through neglect looks like.
We will fight to make sure this community has the resources and legal power to hold these owners accountable — and to reclaim the right to live safely in their own homes.
Read the full announcement: https://mayjung.com/congress-park-apartments-lawsuit/
