The Saving DC's Rental Housing Market Strike Force will convene every Friday afternoon from 3 to 5pm to meet as a membership body. Meetings may be accessed live by visiting Zoom or dialing +13017158592,,97015182027. Public comment will be allotted at the end of every public meeting.
The Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF) Advisory Board (Board) was established by the Council of the District of Columbia, under the Housing Production Trust Fund Act of 1988, effective on June 8, 1990 (DC Law 8-133; D.C. Official Code section 42-2802.01), as amended. The purpose of the Board is to advise the Mayor on the development, financing, and operation of the HPTF and other matters related to the production of housing for low to moderate-income households.
The Petworth neighborhood in Northwest Washington, like many areas of the District, has become increasingly expensive for renters drawn to the neighborhood’s many shops and restaurants as well as by access to Metro.
Getting a house comes with lots of responsibilities, especially with the roof since it is one of the most expensive things to maintain; however, if you do not have enough money to pay for a new one, you can search for government grants for roof replacement…..
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D.C. has officially opened a new housing development that is part of an initiative to increase the amount of affordable housing in the District by 12,000 units by 2025.
Fortitude at Delta Towers, at 808 Bladensburg Road Northeast, contains 179 affordable housing units and includes 18 permanent supportive housing units for older residents, according to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office in a release Thursday.
The development aims to provide housing to residents age 55 and older.
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In July, Julie Gilgoff reported on several municipalities that are exploring legislation that would give tenants the first right of purchase to preserve affordable housing. The proposed legislation is based on Washington, D.C.’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), which was enacted in 1980. As manager of a TOPA program at a D.C.-based organization, I want to discuss factors that will facilitate or hinder the implementation of a program that allows tenants to cooperatively purchase their homes.
D.C. officials will hand out grants to some landlords to forgive back rents and stay afloat financially while the pandemic drags on.
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Monday a new $10 million fund for these “Housing Stabilization Grants,” targeting them to owners of affordable properties and other small buildings around the city. Of the total, $9 million will be set aside for affordable projects, and $1 million for owners of 20 units or fewer.
The grants will cover up to 80% of rent arrears for each tenant that has fallen behind on rent, up to $2,000 per unit, per month.
D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said that, as things currently stand, the District is only slated to get about a tenth of what it believes it needs for its Phase One A group, which includes health care workers. That means shy of 8,000 doses, according to Nesbitt…
Pandemic housing grants
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a new $10 million investment in Housing Stabilization Grants on Monday.
The money will cover overdue rent from April 1 to Nov. 30 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The District of Columbia’s (“the District” or “D.C.”) Department of Housing and Community Development (“DHCD”) is applying for a Section 108 loan guarantee (“Section 108”) for $38,800,000 to create a loan fund that will provide third party loans for the preservation of housing for households earning up to 80% of the area median family income (“AMI” or “MFI”).
In September, two homes on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in southeast D.C. were rehabilitated as part of an effort to transform and make available for purchase, formerly vacant and blighted properties in the historic Anacostia community.
At that time, D.C. Housing and Community Development Director Polly Donaldson also previewed an adjacent 15,000-square-foot lot designed for the construction of three single-family, semi-detached homes with private driveways.
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