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In 2013, the Housing Authority announced that it would put its headquarters building in the rapidly gentrifying NoMa neighborhood up for redevelopment. [5] The redevelopment plans drew controversy as they originally only planned to require 70 units of deeply affordable housing on site and upon revision, the plans included 244 housing units reserved for moderate incomes rather than being deeply ...
Permanent, federally funded housing came into being in the United States as a part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Title II, Section 202 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, passed June 16, 1933, directed the Public Works Administration (PWA) to develop a program for the "construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair under public regulation or control of low-cost housing and slum ...
The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [11])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...
Housing subsidies are government funded financial assistance programs designed to mitigate the costs of housing for low-income tenants. Subsidies can be provided in the form of housing vouchers given to tenants, e.g. Section 8 (Housing) , or via direct deposits to landlords with government contracts to provide affordable housing .
We used federal and local dollars to provide technology training and information on affordable internet service to low-income adults, ex-offenders, senior citizens and K-12 students.
So Others Might Eat (SOME) is a nonprofit organization that provides services to assist those dealing with poverty and homelessness in Washington, D.C. The organization provides affordable housing, job training, counseling and other healthcare services, and daily needs such as food and clothing to the poor and homeless.