Posts tagged Homeownership
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This program is helping some of DC’s most disadvantaged residents buy houses
Very few Ward 8 residents are homeowners— only about 24 percent in fact, with many people calling it “the renter’s ward” and a lot of residents believing that buying a home will never be a possibility. There are paths to homeownership in Ward 8, though. Here’s one example of how residents are making it happen. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Can you afford it?
Race and riches; Vacancies will cost you; Potomac Yard is a go; Right to die in DC; Tell tellers goodbye; Paid family leave, sort of; Register now. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big bike beginnings
Trails tie the knot; Bike more in Baltimore; United for DC United; 404: Operator not found; 10 over 400; Germany’s better housing model; US not invested in movement; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rosslyn gets a better bike lane
Protected lane in Rosslyn; Bowser wants answers from Metro; Just kidding! on service cuts?; HPAP hiccups; Residential joins the BID; 2040 and no new Metro; Bike trail =/= road; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The hunt for affordable housing solutions
Streetcar daily and more frequent; White is the new Orange; When the train stops talking; Poverty grows in DC; Keep that suburban vibe?; Pricey fix for Potomac sewage; Homeless camps kicked out; September surge; DC history on display; And…; $100M for affordable housing; The affordability struggle is real; Old condo problems; What’s in a neighborhood’s name?; Fewer red-light fatalities; NIH will still call Bethesda home; Changes for Confederate symbols; MoCo’s liquor showdown. Keep reading…
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Buying a house is incredibly difficult for me. Here’s why.
As a young person in DC paying what feels like a ridiculous amount in rent, I wonder about buying my own place. With these crazy prices, wouldn’t it be worth just making the jump to ownership? Well… no. When it comes down to it, buying a home of any size in DC is just not possible for me. And I’m not alone. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Waterfall
Metro chasing waterfalls; Battle in the sidewalks; FBI will not come cheap; Garvey on the Pike; Wanting more in NoMa; Where the bikes go; Where the trains go; Desegregating deductions; For all the infrastructure in China. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rape on Metro
Metro doesn’t mention crime; Obama sticks up for DC; Presidential neighbors; Mom is my roommate; Starter home struggles; The shunning economy; District of data; Preparing for the surge; Sidewalk’s closed. Now you’ll know; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Minimum wage, maximum security
DC’s State of the Union; Metro security, post-Brussels; Metro after the shutdown; Strike out at DCA; Homebuyers can’t start, won’t start; DC’s tiny aparments; Church for sale; A stadium, by any other name; Under the cobblestones, the BEACH; Baltimore not feeling the burn. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More Shelters, fewer riders
Shelters out-of-place?; Ridership down; To peak or not-peak; Toxic department; Bus lane patience; Taxing Reston; Pay to build?; BRT in Richmond; Breaking even; Ackridge out. Keep reading…