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Documenting a dying history: Journalist captures final days at DC’s Barry Farm | wusa9.com

www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/final-days-of-barry-farm-through-pictures/65-abe9ad4c-4a94-4e90-8d1d-dce1dc8119af Mary Bolton 202-390-1208

Fwd: The Deceptive, Shameful, Lucratively Funded War Against Rent Control In California and across the country, landlord groups are waging a disinformation campaign to squash efforts to make rent more affordable. By SOPHIE KASAKOVE October 18, 2018

Mary Bolton 202-390-1208 Begin forwarded message: > From: mary bolton > Date: January 30, 2019 at 7:25:13 PM EST > To: Mary Bolton > Subject: Re: The Deceptive, Shameful, Lucratively Funded War Against Rent Control In California and across the country, landlord groups are waging a disinformation campaign to squash efforts to make rent more […]

Squatters turn oligarch’s empty London property into homeless shelter | UK news | The Guardian

Fantastic!! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/27/squatters-open-oligarchs-empty-london-property-as-homeless-shelter Squatters turn oligarch’s empty London property into homeless shelter Vast £15m home bought by Russian Andrey Goncharenko, who wants to add a pool and leisure centre, is housing about 25 people Diane Taylor Fri 27 Jan 2017 14.51 EST Vast £15m home bought by Russian Andrey Goncharenko, who wants to add a pool […]

How Charlotte Is Getting More Strategic about Housing Dollars – Next City

nextcity.org/daily/entry/how-charlotte-is-getting-more-strategic-about-housing-dollars?utm_source=Next+City+Newsletter&utm_campaign=85602aaddf-Issue_286_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fcee5bf7… How Charlotte Is Getting More Strategic about Housing Dollars Charlotte has a new pot of money for affordable housing. Last fall, the city’s voters approved the sale of $50 million in municipal bonds to be put into the local housing trust fund, and last week, three financial institutions — Bank of America, Ally Financial, […]

With 84% of DC’s public housing stock in serious disrepair, we are at a crossroads | The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

www.legalclinic.org/with-84-of-dcs-public-housing-stock-in-serious-disrepair-we-are-at-a-crossroads/ Mary Bolton 202-390-1208

The 500 Units Headed to the H Street Corridor

dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the-500-units-headed-to-h-street-corridor/14916 Mary Bolton 202-390-1208

DC Debuts Tiny Homes in Deanwood

dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/dc-debuts-tiny-home-demonstration-in-deanwood/14489 DC Debuts Tiny Homes in Deanwood by Nena Perry-Brown The tiny houses in Deanwood. Earlier this year, UrbanTurf reported on DC’s Vacant to Vibrant initiatives, one of which involves a tiny home installation. Now, that diminutive demonstration has delivered. In the rain on Monday, the Department of Community and Housing Development (DHCD) unveiled a […]

Public housing renovations

www.legalclinic.org/with-84-of-dcs-public-housing-stock-in-serious-disrepair-we-are-at-a-crossroads/ Mary Bolton 202-390-1208

Limited equity funding scheme nyc

ow.ly/lLbO30mMEyd Mary Bolton 202-390-1208

Big Tech’s Affordable Housing Push Doesn’t Let Them off the Hook – Next City

nextcity.org/daily/entry/big-techs-affordable-housing-push-doesnt-let-them-off-the-hook Big Tech’s Affordable Housing Push Doesn’t Let Them off the Hook For affordable housing developers who need to move federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit projects forward, January has been frustrating. Calls and e-mails to HUD are met with the “sorry we’re furloughed” soundtrack of the government shutdown. No one answering the phones at the […]