Posts tagged Hud
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Breakfast links: HUD looks into whether DC landlords charge too much for voucher units
HUD investigating DC landlords for charging voucher-holders more than market-rate rent. Virginia trade in the works: Metro funding for a stadium authority. Small business owners express top concerns about Potomac Yard stadium project to Monumental. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DCHA misses deadline on some HUD requirements
As HUD’s deadline for DCHA to fix its issues passes, results are mixed. Study finds transit needed to alleviate future congestion on area bridges. Wes Moore visits Wheaton to promote development and safety. Keep reading…
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255 households are on the waiting list for ADA-compliant housing in DCHA-managed properties
Housing and disability rights advocates have long faulted DCHA for a lack of responsiveness to requests for information as well as to residents’ needs. The failings, they say, make it even more difficult for people with disabilities and seniors to live in public housing as well as to navigate the system itself. Keep reading…
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Why privatization has become the public housing solution du jour
Here is how the public sector shifted responsibility for offering “a decent home and a suitable living environment” for low-income families back to the private sector. Keep reading…
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A pilot program offering “flexible subsidies” to DC renters shows promise, a report says
In late 2017, DC launched a pilot program, DC Flex, to try giving families a smaller, more flexible rent subsidy than a standard voucher. Now a newly released report evaluating the program’s first year has found that the program shows promise. Keep reading…
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Affordable housing eligibility is based on median income — and the 2021 numbers are out for DC
Affordable housing in DC can be built through Inclusionary Zoning, with funding from the Housing Production Trust Fund, or through any of the myriad other programs in the District’s affordable housing toolkit. But all of these programs have one thing in common: their income limits and rental costs are based on a figure called the Median Family Income (MFI). Keep reading…
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How expanding vouchers could improve housing stability
With its recent discretionary funding request to Congress, the Biden administration is seeking to expand its housing voucher program. The proposal would add $5.4 billion to the program’s budget, bringing it to a total of $30.4 billion and creating vouchers for an additional 200,000 families, beyond the 2.3 million existing voucher holders. Keep reading…
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Let’s define our terms: What is affordable housing, anyway?
It’s hard to pay attention to local issues in the Washington region for long without bumping into the term “affordable housing.” You may have heard it discussed in relation to the region’s housing shortage, or in soaring housing costs that limit options for all but the wealthiest families. You may have heard affordable housing used as a pseudonym for public housing, or publicly subsidized housing, or housing set aside for those with low incomes. But what is affordable housing, really? And who is it for? Keep reading…
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Can housing vouchers for all stem the region’s housing crisis?
As the pandemic exacerbates the nation’s housing crisis, President Biden and Acting Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge have declared support for opening up Housing Choice Vouchers (also known as Section 8 vouchers) to every eligible American. What impact could this have on the housing crisis in the region? Keep reading…
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A $38 million HUD loan fund will finance affordable housing preservation in DC
DC has secured funding to preserve hundreds of affordable housing units, thanks to a loan program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The $38.8 million in financing through HUD’s Section 108 loan guarantee program will be used for affordable housing preservation projects that DC has deemed worthy of funding but didn’t previously have money for. Keep reading…