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The District of Columbia Housing Authority is an independent government agency whose mission is to provide affordable housing to extremely low- through moderate-income households, foster sustainable communities, and cultivate opportunities for residents to improve their lives throughout the eight wards of Washington, D.C. [1] One of the ...
Coordinates: 38.9053°N 77.0112°W. Map of Washington, D.C., with Sursum Corda highlighted in red. Sursum Corda (Latin: "lift up your hearts") is a small neighborhood located in Washington, D.C., bounded by North Capitol Street on the east, K Street NW to the south, New Jersey Avenue NW to the west, and New York Avenue NW to the north. [1]
Langston Terrace was the first federally funded housing project in Washington, D.C., and one of the first four in the United States. It was part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ’s Public Works Administration and was named in honor of John Mercer Langston , a 19th-century American abolitionist and attorney who founded Howard University ...
Benning Terrace is a public housing project of 274 apartments and townhouses in southeast Washington, D.C. located east of the Anacostia River in the Benning Ridge neighborhood. It is known to the natives as "Simple City." Housing Project. Built in 1958, Benning Terrace is a public housing project of townhouses and low-rise apartments.
Construction continues at Patriots Square, which offers market rate townhomes and two affordable housing apartment buildings deemed for homeless, located on the former Fort Monmouth property in ...
The District of Columbia Housing Authority received 2009 stimulus funding, and allocated $11 million towards rehabilitation of Highland Dwellings. 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 rental units ...
Ten buses, including 63, 64, 67, 68, 130, 132, 136, 139, 818 and Academy’s Wall Express, run along Route 9. In 2019 and pre-pandemic, the 80 bus stops in the study area saw 6,539 weekday boardings.
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. Originally, the Authority confined its ...