Content categorized as Barry Farm

Housing Authority Passes “Right to Return” Resolution

On March 9, 2016, the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution advocates are calling the “Right to Return.” The resolution… Read more »

Public Housing Development Fears Recognized by D.C. Council

The New Communities Initiative (NCI), based in the mayor’s office, oversees conversion of deteriorating public housing sites into mixed-income developments. It was created during the administration… Read more »

United Nations Stands Against Gentrification

Black culture in the District of Columbia has faced issues such as police violence, displacement and high unemployment for years. This January, the United Nations… Read more »

Ask and You Shall Receive:
Maryland Nonprofit Sets Up Shop in D.C. Public Housing Community

D.C. Housing Authority gave Maryland-based nonprofit A Wider Circle two vacant dwellings in the Barry Farm public housing complex to open a service center for the community.

The Farm, a City Place

We all know the name and probably some of the long ongoing saga of Barry Farms and many other “Black designated,” neighborhoods, projects and buildings…. Read more »

Barry Farm Tenants Say They Are Gearing Up to Fight Displacement

On Sunday, February 22, District residents from every ward — many from Ward 8 — crammed into a hot meeting room in the basement of… Read more »

Barry Farm residents say they, too, want development, but need a voice in helping plan changes to neighborhood

Barry Farm is slated for redevelopment, but two women fear that they, their families and their neighbors will not be around to enjoy the new and improved community.

Young Designers Weigh in on Playground

Reporting on an innovative way to design public parks being used in Southeast DC.