Posts tagged Poverty
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Breakfast links: MoCo, Baltimore City partner to request aid to prevent evictions
MoCo, Baltimore ask state to direct part of budget surplus to prevent evictions. Metro electric buses delayed, DASH buses recalled due to bus fire risk. Maryland to adopt electric vehicle standards after all. Keep reading…
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Is Prince George’s County losing its status as the region’s Black promised land?
For years, Prince George’s County was known as a mecca for Black homeownership and middle to upper class growth. However, its status as such is not so guaranteed. Keep reading…
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It shouldn’t have happened again, but it did.
The building known now as Arrive Silver Spring has plagued residents with issues from its early days. But residents have the right to a safe home just the same. A recent apartment fire highlighted their ongoing plight, and cost one person her life. Keep reading…
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What GGWash said at the District’s FY23 performance oversight hearings
Here’s what Greater Greater Washington, the DC Transportation Equity Network, and the DC Sustainable Transportation Coalition, had to say about DC’s housing, transportation, planning, economic development, public works, and health agencies, plus WMATA, at the Council’s recent performance oversight hearings. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Clarendon Metro station has brief smoke incident Tuesday morning
Smoke fills Clarendon Metro station Tuesday morning. Elrich supports one MoCo rent bill, will veto other as written. DC Council Chairman Mendelson tries to pull criminal code bill, US Senate to still vote on it. Keep reading…
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Is West Virginia ready for Silver Line growth?
While Fairfax and Loudoun counties have been planning for the most recent Metro expansion for decades, officials debate whether neighboring Jefferson County’s preparations are ready to meet the moment. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC’s first Walmart to close on March 31
H Street NW Walmart to close at the end of this month. Rent stabilization passed by Prince George’s County Council. WMATA to fix 7000-series trains over next three years. Keep reading…
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Leveraging public land to house Virginia’s public servants
Several counties in the Richmond area are experimenting with use of public land to build affordable housing. Could other Virginia counties learn from their initiatives? Keep reading…
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How to disrupt the domestic violence-to-homelessness pipeline
A DC nonprofit offers one model to help women fleeing abuse get independence and housing. Keep reading…
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Could plans to redevelop Richmond’s Coliseum include reparations?
Richmond destroyed a Black neighborhood to build its Coliseum. Will the city’s redevelopment plans for the site include reparations to displaced families? Keep reading…