Content categorized as Columbia Heights

15 feet and a wall: Why some homeowners feel marginalized by the city’s plan to help families without homes

Some Ward 1 residents say they have legitimate concerns about the construction of a new homeless shelter in their neighborhood.

Their landlord is trying to push them out — residents respond with a rent strike

The landlord declined to comment on the matter.

Safe, secure, and positive: Moyo Onibuje on his new home in Columbia Heights

Vendor Moyo Onibuje discusses his experience finding housing, the comforts of his new home, and his ambitions for the future.

New affordable housing units aim to keep low-income residents from being priced out of Columbia Heights

Nonprofit developer Jubilee Housing is building affordable housing in Columbia Heights that will allow low-income families to stay in their neighborhood.

D.C. budget cuts mean this nonprofit can’t serve as many hot meals

After budget cuts last October, Thrive DC has cut its hot meals offered from five days a week to three days a week, as well as decreased the hours that clients may use the facilities. Clients and staff alike said they are upset about these changes, but have been working to adjust to the new schedule.

Metro Needs To Find Its Humanity

Speakers from One DC, Amalgamated Transit Union 689 and others encouraged the crowd to contact their council members and call for affordable transit.

Fighting For Shelter: Discrimination Suit Dismissed, NIMBY Suit Filed

An appeal brought against the District government by a group of 42 homeless men who were evicted from the La Casa low-barrier shelter in 2010, has been summarily dismissed on all counts by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Appeal of Homeless Men Kicked Out of La Casa Shelter to be Heard Friday

A group of homeless men who stayed at La Casa sued the city under the Fair Housing Act.

Letting Nothing Get in the Way of Family

Rochele Johnson pulls up a picture on her phone. It is of herself sixteen months ago, when she entered a detox program. “Who is this?”… Read more »

Urban Agriculture Takes Root In Columbia Heights

Tucked between Washington Hospital, the Soldiers’ Home and McMillan Reservoir in Columbia Heights sits nearly three acres of grass that remained empty for years. After… Read more »

Housing facility sets new standard for homeless services

Half a block from the Columbia Heights metro station, across from IHOP, Best Buy, and other restaurants and retail establishments, sits the District’s first seven-story… Read more »

La Casa to Stay Open During Redevelopment

Shelter in Columbia Heights to remain open during redevelopment.