Barry Farm

Paulette Matthews, the Vice President of the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association, regularly attends the D.C. Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meeting, asking for an update on Barry Farm, a public housing development in…

It’s been over nine months since DC’s highest court rejected redevelopment plans for Barry Farm, awarding a major victory to residents suspicious of relocation and the city’s approach to revitalizing public housing. But, while the project,…

Only three households remain at Barry Farm, the historic 444-unit public housing community the District and its partners hope to redevelop in the coming years.

Next month, the National Building Museum plans to launch a photo exhibit called “Hoops,” spotlighting work by Bill Bamberger that depicts outdoor basketball courts in the U.S. and abroad. Bamberger’s shoots, which began in 2004, depict…

Detrice Belt is moving out of Barry Farm housing development in Southeast, DC after getting weekly notices marked urgent and plus a 90-day notice to vacate by Friday, December 21st.

The housing market in the District has been a mixed bag this year, with slight increases in inventory being offset by generally healthy demand and steady price growth.

In 2016, photographer Joy Sharon Yi began taking the Metro to Barry Farm, a large public housing complex in Southeast Washington, D.C., built in 1943 on the first city settlement where African-Americans could buy property and build homes…

The inspection was part of a city-wide review of the 56 DC Housing Authority properties that about 20,000 D.C. residents call home.

On a hot, hazy Saturday afternoon, members of the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association gathered for their monthly meeting outdoors, in the shade of a large oak tree, across from the place many of them used to call home. Their community…