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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 ...
The District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act (48 Stat. 930) established the National Capital Housing Authority (NCHA) as “The Authority” on June 12, 1934. Executive Order 6868 (October 9, 1934) renamed the agency as the Alley Dwelling Authority, designated its membership, and outlined its functions.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. Economic policy relating to housing markets Part of a series on Living spaces Main House: detached semi-detached terraced Apartment Bungalow Cottage Ecohouse Green home Housing project Human outpost I-house Ranch Tenement Condominium Mixed-use development Hotel Hostel Castle Public ...
On any given night in the U.S., an estimated 650,000 people are experiencing homelessness, and the nation's capital has the highest rate in the country, with 73 out of every 10,000 people being ...
Javins, Saunders, Gross and a fourth tenant, Gladys Grant, appealed the decision to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Edmund E. Fleming, the tenants' lawyer, argued that the court should find an implied warranty of habitability in the lease, based on the idea of constructive eviction. Despite the fact that briefs were submitted ...
Langston Terrace Dwellings, an all-Black community in Washington, D.C. and the second public housing building in the nation. Public housing appeared in Washington, D.C., after the passage of the National Housing Act in 1934. Langston Terrace Dwellings, an all-Black community with 274 units built from 1935 to 1938, was the nation's second public ...
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 ...
The National Capital Housing Authority [c] was under pressure from Congress to build extensive new public housing in the District of Columbia. Having delayed site selection for several years due to public opposition, in April 1960 the agency selected a hilly, 15-acre (61,000 m 2 ) [ 92 ] site in Marshall Heights [ 93 ] bounded by F, G, and 51st ...