Posts tagged Housing Discrimination
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Events: Join us at Grand Duchess to learn how to run for an ANC seat in DC
Discover how to run for the Advisory Neighborhood Commission with GGWash. Watch a documentary about reparations with Undesign the Redline. Learn about closing the homeownership gap with the Urban Institute. Join a Ward 5 family bike ride. Meet and connect at our Planners of Color happy hour. Read more in this week’s events post: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rosslyn street to get safety upgrades
Proposed changes to a Rosslyn street include a protected bike lane, curb extensions, and converting a through/left lane to a left turn-only lane. Community groups have filed a federal civil rights complaint against Baltimore’s Department of Public Works, alleging that the city’s Ten-Year Solid Waste Management Plan fails to reduce reliance on the WIN Waste incinerator in South Baltimore. Washington, DC hosted a record 26 million tourists last year, up 17% from 2022 and exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Patterns emerge with DC housing voucher slumlords
DC’s housing voucher program is paying landlords who provide unsafe housing. 700 new e-bikes coming to Capital Bikeshare, 9th Street NW bike lane officially open. Mt. Rainier has a community food forest, and a plan for a native plant corridor. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: MWCOG report finds housing segregation rising in region
Metropolitan Washington Regional Fair Housing Plan cites rising segregation in the Washington region. Metro Red Line to start running trains every eight minutes all day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Vietnamese Eden Center business owners call for equity in redevelopment plan. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Latest addition to the Met Branch Trail is now open
New stretch of the MBT is complete. It’s primary day in DC. Report shows housing discrimination in Fairfax County. And more in today’s Breakfast links. Keep reading…