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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 ...
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]
DCHA then awarded contracts to build recreation centers and athletic facilities to Banneker Ventures (a firm owned by one of Fenty's college fraternity brothers, Omar Karim), RBK Landscaping and Construction (owned by Fenty friend Keith Lomax), and Regan Associates (whose co-owners, Sean M. Regan and Thomas J. Regan, made significant financial ...
According to the DCRA: The mission of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is to protect the health, safety, economic interests, and quality of life of residents, businesses, and visitors in the District of Columbia by issuing licenses and permits, conducting inspections, enforcing building, housing, and safety codes, regulating land use and development, and providing consumer ...
As with Southern Homes and Gardens, DCHA sold the townhomes to low-income residents who wished to buy, entered into rent-to-own agreements with others, and leased the remaining homes to low-income families. In 2014, DCHA entered into an agreement with The Henson Companies to build the second phase of the Capitol Gateway.
Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg was a public housing project located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C. Popularly known to its residents as "Capers", [1] the housing project was bound by Virginia Avenue, M Street, 2nd Street, and 5th Street, SE.
The District of Columbia Housing Authority received 2009 stimulus funding, and allocated $11 million towards rehabilitation of Highland Dwellings. [24] [25] Wheeler Creek is a 314-unit community developed with a 1997 HOPE VI grant which replaced two earlier housing complexes, Valley Green and Skytower. Wheeler Creek includes 48 low-income ...
DCHA administers 8,000 units of public housing and 12,000 units under the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP), providing affordable housing for nearly 10 percent of the District's population. At the end of September 2009, Kelly resigned from DCHA [ 2 ] to become general manager of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). [ 3 ]