Posts by Rebecca Mann — Guest Contributor

Rebecca Mann is currently a math/statistics student at UMBC. They are a lifelong DMV resident — including time spent in College Park, Fort Totten, Gaithersburg, and Long Branch — and hold degrees in history and economics from UMD. Rebecca believes we need federal, state, and local governments that try to build a fairer, more sustainable future.

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  GGWash Picks of 2023: Greenbelt and Langston Terrace planners promised quality housing — and to improve residents’ morality

  HousingNews/AnalysisBy Rebecca Mann (Guest Contributor) December 25, 2023

  The unique New Deal planned communities were designed to address DC’s acute housing shortage in the 1930s and uplift the virtue of residents, but ultimately failed to live up to their full promise.  Keep reading…

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  Amid conservative backlash, a turn away from bold public housing experiments of the ‘30s

  HistoryBy Rebecca Mann (Guest Contributor) August 17, 2023

  Greenbelt, Maryland, and Langston Terrace, DC, were supposed to be models for other federal housing, but ended up being unique experiments after the federal government shifted away from directly building public housing for all but the very poor  Keep reading…

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  Life in Greenbelt and Langston Terrace’s early days

  HistoryHistoryBy Rebecca Mann (Guest Contributor) August 10, 2023

  Despite some oppressive rules, DC area residents were grateful to live in the two New Deal-era planned communities, and community blossomed.  Keep reading…

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  Greenbelt and Langston Terrace planners promised quality housing — and to improve residents’ morality

  HousingNews/AnalysisBy Rebecca Mann (Guest Contributor) May 17, 2023

  The unique New Deal planned communities were designed to address DC’s acute housing shortage in the 1930s and uplift the virtue of residents, but ultimately failed to live up to their full promise.  Keep reading…