DC’s Housing Market in 2019 (So Far), By the Numbers
dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/dcs-housing-market-in-2019-so-far-by-the-numbers/15173 DC’s Housing Market in 2019 (So Far), By the Numbers by UrbanTurf Staff A Spring Valley home that recently sold. As the spring housing market gets going, UrbanTurf breaks down a series of numbers that provide a picture of the DC market so far this year. story continues below story continues above $555,000 — […]
Washington D.G.: the District of Gentrification » NCRC
ncrc.org/gentrification-dc/ Mary Bolton 202-390-1208
As D.C. Weighs How to Fix Its Public Housing, Families Keep Getting Sicker
www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/housing-complex/article/21060618/as-dc-weighs-how-to-fix-its-public-housing-families-keep-getting-sicker?utm_source=Editorial+and+Events&utm_campaign=a168723153-EMA… As D.C. Weighs How to Fix Its Public Housing, Families Keep Getting Sicker “The weight of the world is on my shoulders in my household. … I don’t want to bury my child because of asthma.” Darrow MontgomeryAlina keeps going to the hospital. The 10-year-old resident of Greenleaf Gardens has a health diagnosis her […]
Participatory budgeting: When government really is by the people
thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/participatory-budgeting-when-government-really-people?mc_cid=9362003575&mc_eid=70d0504985 Mary Bolton 202-390-1208
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Break Wall Street’s Stranglehold on the Rental Housing Market – Pacific Standard
psmag.com/economics/elizabeth-warren-wants-to-break-wall-streets-stranglehold-on-the-rental-housing-market Mary Bolton 202-390-1208
Tiny House Villages in Seattle: An Efficient Response to Our Homelessness Crisis — Shelterforce
shelterforce.org/2019/03/15/tiny-house-villages-in-seattle-an-efficient-response-to-our-homelessness-crisis/ Tiny House Villages in Seattle: An Efficient Response to Our Homelessness Crisis March 15, 2019 Six tiny houses share a common deck in Lake Union Village. Photo courtesy of LIHI. In 2017, I wrote a piece for Shelterforce on Seattle’s then-emerging effort to build tiny houses to shelter homeless families, couples, and singles. Over […]
As D.C. leaders tout reforms, latest ethics scandal evokes city’s history of corruption – The Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/as-dc-leaders-tout-reforms-latest-ethics-scandal-evokes-citys-history-of-corruption/2019/03/22/bc6dd13e-4bf3-11e9-9663-00ac73f49662_story.html?utm_term=.d19… As D.C. leaders tout reforms, latest ethics scandal evokes city’s history of corruption Paul Schwartzman D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) expresses contrition as the D.C. Council votes to reprimand him on March 19, 2019. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) As the D.C. Council enacted reforms to reduce public corruption, federal prosecutors were probing […]
Fwd: [New post] Mayor Bowser and Affordable Housing: Do the Dollars Soar as High as the Rhetoric?
Mary Bolton 202-390-1208 Begin forwarded message: > From: The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless > Date: March 22, 2019 at 5:15:34 PM EDT > To: mary.bolton@comcast.net > Subject: [New post] Mayor Bowser and Affordable Housing: Do the Dollars Soar as High as the Rhetoric? > > > New post on The Washington Legal Clinic […]
For Affordable Housing Developers, Opportunity Zones Are A ‘Double-Edged Sword’
www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/affordable-housing/for-affordable-housing-developers-opportunity-zones-are-a-double-edged-sword-98083 Mary Bolton 202-390-1208
Florida State Lawmakers Want to Strengthen Renters’ Rights – Next City
nextcity.org/daily/entry/florida-state-lawmakers-want-to-strengthen-renters-rights?utm_source=Next+City+Newsletter&utm_campaign=79c4ef7c39-Daily_781_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fcee5bf7a0-7… Florida State Lawmakers Want to Strengthen Renters’ Rights Javier Figueroa moved to Orlando in November 2017, not long after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on his hometown of Manatí, a small city on the north coast of Puerto Rico. After living on FEMA housing aid for about a month, he started looking for an apartment […]