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The District of Columbia Housing Authority had $560 million in net assets as of January 2013. More than 99 percent of DCHA's funding comes from the federal government. In 2012 and 2013, about 77 percent of the agency's total revenues were provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for HCVP and an additional 11 ...
Built with $16.8 million in DCHA funds, only 93 of its 314 units are subsidized for low-income residents. [10] The other was the Severna Apartments, owned and built by Bible Way Temple. [ 11 ] The $15.7 million building (constructed with $1.9 million in DCHA funds) opened in 2011.
The neighborhood is almost entirely composed of the Lincoln Heights Housing Project, a 325-unit public housing complex with low-rise apartment buildings and townhouses ranging from one bedroom to four bedrooms. The complex is run by the District of Columbia Housing Authority. [2]
Potomac Gardens was designed by the Metcalf and Associates architectural firm, and was built from 1965 and 1968 by Edward M. Crough, Inc. It contained the innovative Potomac Gardens Multi-Service Center, bringing community services into the new public housing project. [1]
The District of Columbia Housing Authority now planned to raze and rebuild Eastgate. The city razed 34 of the 37 rowhouses at Eastgate Gardens in 1998, and the remaining three units in 2002. [ 72 ] In 2004, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development 's HOPE VI low-income housing program awarded the District of Columbia $20 ...
A portion of the 84 acres will include up to 263 residential units, according to city zoning documents. Of those, 108 will be priced for residents earning 80% of the area median income, or $75,350 ...
According to Faye Harrison, the 2007 American Anthropological Association Program Chair, "In response to Hope VI’s plan to demolish Capers’ 707 units, Friends and Residents of Arthur Capper and Carrollsburg was founded in 1999. The neighborhood watchdog organization aims to protect the rights of residents in the relocation process."
Benning Terrace, also known as "Simple City," "Simp", and "Baby Vietnam", [4] earned a reputation in the 1990s as the center of violent gang activity. [5] In 1997, after a rash of murders, the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE), along with the Alliance of Concerned Men and the District of Columbia Housing Authority Office of Public Safety, came together to bring gang warring to ...