Public Housing

Don’t expect me to mince words here. The DC government and, thus, the entire city, particularly low-income residents, have been drowning in high-cost mediocrity and breathtaking incompetence for decades. Some of the adverse consequences of…

The board in charge of the District’s public housing has renewed a promise to prevent the displacement of residents during the planned redevelopment of their neighborhood in Southwest DC. Despite the public commitment, residents of…

Summary: With a backlog of over 70,000 households, the demand for public housing is steadily growing in the city amid a precipitous rise in housing costs. Meanwhile, seniors and people with disabilities already in D.C. public housing…

As Street Sense Media presents its fifth news blitz on issues surrounding homelessness in DC, we take a look back at some of the local media’s articles, columns and commentaries from the past year that stand out on the subject. —…

“The pace of deterioration is accelerating,” DC Housing Authority director Tyrone Garrett recently warned the DC Council during an oversight hearing. With 41 properties, 8,000 units and more than 20,000 residents, the DCHA is the largest…

An attorney testifies that her client’s children have visible bites from insects and rodents. A mother tries to justify why she had to grab a gun to save her son’s life. Another openly weeps when she discloses that her rental voucher…

When faced with troublesome executive-branch or independent agencies, the DC Council’s solution has become nauseatingly predictable. Members, separately and collectively, propose a new agency, office or commission as an antidote for the…

A new effort seeks to secure official recognition for the historic significance of Barry Farm, a public housing complex in Southeast DC. The neighborhood's origins date to 1867, when the Freedman's Bureau established it as a place…