Washington Post Magazine: The Rise of the Grandfamily
A D.C. housing development serves as a refuge for grandparents raising young children. Is it a model for the rest of the country?
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WAMU: ‘Grandma, We’re Home’: Inside D.C.’s First Apartment Building For Grandfamilies
At age 60, Deborah Johnson thought her child-rearing days were behind her. But when hardship struck her family, she found herself raising her grandsons in a cramped, two-bedroom apartment in southeast D.C.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Born from circumstance and built on loss, ‘grandfamilies’ get their own…
Antoine Pinkney hoped but didn’t know if his family’s application for an apartment would be approved when he stood near his 13-year-old granddaughter in the community playroom of the building where they hoped to move. In the room was a new…
Mayor Bowser Opens First Grandfamily Affordable Housing Community
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 13, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Kate Hartig (DMPED)
Mayor Bowser Opens First Grandfamily Affordable Housing Community
Plaza West Includes 223 Affordable Housing Units, 50 “Grandfamily” Units for…