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Public Housing

Following are all UrbanTurf articles filed under Public Housing, from most recent to least.

Thursday’s Must Reads

Thursday’s Must Reads

Nena Perry-Brown | September 17th 2020

The future of climate change migration; another DC construction site collapse; and the history of the Purple Line, from 1983 to the present. ... read »

With Development on Pause, Office of Planning Applies to Create Barry Farm Zone

With Development on Pause, Office of Planning Applies to Create Barry Farm Zone

Nena Perry-Brown | September 14th 2020

The tailored zoning designation is meant to help facilitate the on-hold New Communities Initiative redevelopment. ... read »

Raze Permits Filed for Park Morton for 2021 Groundbreaking

Raze Permits Filed for Park Morton for 2021 Groundbreaking

Nena Perry-Brown | August 19th 2020

The two-phase public housing redevelopment has spent the last few years in limbo. ... read »

1,100 Units, Retail and a Two Acre Park: The Latest Plans for Barry Farm

1,100 Units, Retail and a Two Acre Park: The Latest Plans for Barry Farm

Nena Perry-Brown | September 6th 2019

The Historic Preservation Review Board is expected to rule later this month on whether to grant landmark status to the remaining units at Barry Farm. ... read »

Bill Introduced in DC to Help Housing Authority Residents Build Credit

Bill Introduced in DC to Help Housing Authority Residents Build Credit

Nena Perry-Brown | March 8th 2017

Yesterday, DC councilmember Anita Bonds introduced legislation to make it easier for public housing residents to build credit, giving them access to... read »

HOPE VI Projects Help Dissolve Crime

HOPE VI Projects Help Dissolve Crime

Shilpi Paul | January 11th 2012 | 5 Comments

A new study from the Urban Institute shows that crime around HOPE VI projects doesn't just move, it disappears. ... read »

DC Real Estate Guides

Short guides to navigating the DC-area real estate market

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First-Timer Primers

Intro guides for first-time home buyers

Red Flags Revealed During a Home Inspection Top 5 Tax Breaks For Homeowners Tax Relief for DC Homeowners
Condo Fee Tutorial What is a Rent Back? 10 Ways To Tell If a Home Renovation is Well Done
Obtaining a Basic Business License For Your Rental What is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage? The Splitting the Rent Formula
How Much Cash Do You Need to Buy a House? Is This Condo Building Financially Healthy? Interest Rates and Mortgage Points
The Scoop on Mortgage Insurance

Unique Spaces

Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro

The Most Intriguing Loft in DC The R Street Firehouse DC’s One-Room House
Dupont Circle’s Old Frat House To Become Alley Home Best Transition From a Garage To a Home The Roundhouse
Tilden Gardens Restaurant-Turned-Home Hits Market Next Week Logan Circle’s Most Intriguing Garage Frank Lloyd Wright Goes Green in Kensington
Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill Once a Carriage House, Now a Home The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville Saddle Up For Stable Living Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home A Yankee Goes Green DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse