Posts Tagged ‘Leila Finucane Edmonds’

A Bright Spot in Howard-area Housing

A long-decrepit apartment complex was formally reborn yesterday, as top D.C. housing officials welcomed 28 families to the Williston Apartments just south of Howard University, an area still pockmarked with falling-down buildings.
The 1940s-era structures had gone into serious disrepair through the 1990s, when the belonged to a non-profit tax credit partnership called the Capitol City [...]

New Housing Resource Center Opens in Anacostia

This morning, D.C.'s new Housing Resource Center held its official grand opening in Anacostia, offering "a new one-stop shop for quality affordable housing services."
The new center will be D.C.'s "central source" of resources for low and moderate-income people looking to "purchase and rehabilitate homes and prevent mortgage default and foreclosure." There will also be computers [...]

Empower DC At It Again

Empower DC has already rallied and protested against the sale of D.C. public property twice in the  last few months.
Last week, activists joined together in front of the Wilson Building. And in late March, they gathered by the office of Neil Albert, head of the city's office of planning and economic development.
Now, it looks like [...]