Posts tagged Hud
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Breakfast links: Malign neglect
Public housing demolition by neglect; Homeless in DC; Intersection of less-certain doom; The price of control; Sticker shock; Brookland bidding war; Hide your cans; Until it goes “click”; And…. Keep reading…
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Harriet Tregoning looks back on her time as planning director
Harriet Tregoning, DC’s planning director since 2007, is leaving to take a job with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. During her years at the helm of the Office of Planning, she has pushed DC to adopt smart-growth policies touching nearly every aspect of the city: land use, transportation, the economy, and more. Her influence has been felt. If nothing… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where’s the money?
Silver Line Audit; $1.1 trillion winners and losers; Riverfront retail bubble?; Penn Daw gets green light; Our invisible aging infrastructure; Parking wars, teacher safety edition; Picking up your pothole tab; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Its too cold!
M Street cycletrack delayed; Fire Department upgraded; CSX trouble in Navy Yard; No federal grant for Greenleaf; DC area ranks high for college; Thankful for more service; Car sharing comes to RPP; Detroit considers highway removal; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit visions on the horizon
Another step closer to DC’s streetcar launch; GOOD profiles on bikeshare leaders; Housing and transportation costs combined; Busboys for mayor?; Empty lots to farms; Mapping to help the Philippines; Hong Kong cheaper than DC?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Flying high
Long delays at IAD; DCA and IAD to receive makeovers; Marijuana bill introduced to Council; How people commute; DHCD funding takes a hit; Ballston Mall redevelopment pushes forward; Friendship Heights gets greener; Silver Line expected for February; And…. Keep reading…
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To remain affordable, Alexandria must get creative
Rents in Alexandria are skyrocketing. Virginia’s state laws don’t make it easy to create affordable housing for people earning less than the area median income, so the city has to think outside the box. True sustainability means that we provide housing options that mirror our workforce. This reduces people’s commute times, and cuts down on regional congestion. Keep reading…
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Little-known Kenilworth-Parkside is neighborhood to watch
A typical DC resident may never have heard of the Kenilworth-Parkside neighborhood in Ward 7, but the federal government definitely has. It’s betting that an $800,000 investment in a local placemaking initiative can put this small Northeast neighborhood back on the map. In 2010, Kenilworth-Parkside received $500,000 as one of the Department of Education’s… Keep reading…
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Roads by Anacostia Metro among worst in DC for pedestrians
Narrow sidewalks, a 5-way intersection, and missing median strips and crosswalks are just some of the problems around the Anacostia Metro. A project funded by several federal agencies aims to find solutions to what EPA officials called the city’s most dangerous intersections for pedestrians. The Anacostia Metro opened in December 1991 as the southernmost Green… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bills, bills, bills
FTA could regulate transit; McDonnell doesn’t get everything; HUD helps PG; Gray holds One City summit; Little help from Obama; BW bike trail?; Lobby for Maryland equality; In Arlington…. Keep reading…