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Greenbelt Homes, Incorporated (GHI) is the housing cooperative in Greenbelt, Maryland, comprising the original houses built by the U.S. Federal Government in 1936 during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, [5] as well as additional defense housing built in 1941 by the Farm Security Administration, and smaller numbers of homes built later. [6]
Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and a suburb of Washington, D.C. [1] [2] At the 2020 census, the population was 24,921. [5]Greenbelt is the first and the largest of the three experimental and controversial New Deal Greenbelt Towns, the others being Greenhills, Ohio, and Greendale, Wisconsin.
The new plan envisioned a reduction of agricultural use and an increase in single-family housing. In 1947 the Greenbelt Mutual Home Owners Corporation was formed as a vehicle for the sale of the town. Congressional legislation was passed that allowed the government to sell the greenbelt towns to non-profit groups with at least 50% veteran members.
The Residences at Greenbelt complex is located along Arnaiz Avenue, formerly known as Pasay Road, and the entire complex block is bounded by Paseo de Roxas, Greenbelt Drive and Esperanza Street. The complex was formerly the site of the old Coronado Lanes bowling center and parking lot.
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