Washington DC permits — week of 2026-05-11

DC's permit office was busy this week — 650 filings, up 14.4% from the prior week — but nearly every one of them came in with no declared value, making this one of the most data-opaque weeks the city has logged in recent memory. That's not a fluke; it's a pattern worth watching, as contractors and owners increasingly file without disclosing project costs. What's actually moving in the District right now is a mix of residential trade work and scattered single-family activity across Wards 4, 5, 7, and 8.