Nonprofit developer Jubilee Housing is building affordable housing in Columbia Heights that will allow low-income families to stay in their neighborhood.
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New affordable housing units aim to keep low-income residents from being priced out of Columbia Heights
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 Raises Bar for City 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.
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