Breakfast links: A new round of rental assistance will soon be available to Montgomery County residents
Apartments at Colesville Road and Fenton Street in Silver Spring, Maryland. Image by Elvert Barnes licensed under Creative Commons.
MoCo will open $43 million rental assistance fund for residents on Monday
The funds are for households impacted by COVID-19 that bring in 50% or less of the county’s area median income, which is about $50,000 for a household of four people. They can receive up to $12,000 over 18 months. (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Magazine)
Black people make up half of Fairfax County’s population of unsheltered residents
Fairfax County’s annual count of people experiencing homelessness dropped by 3% to 1,191 individuals, with the greatest disparity among Black people who represented 50% of those counted even though Black residents only make up 10% of the county’s total population. (David Taube / FFxnow)
DC looks to update where it keeps its archives
Plans are underway to relocate about 500,000 cubic feet of archived documents that the District owns to a centralized location. Currently, the papers are spread out between several locations. A recently formed Archival Advisory Group hopes a new facility will be built on the University of the District of Columbia’s Van Ness campus. (Jane Recker / Washingtonian)
Latest expansion plans at The Boro in Tysons updated
A final proposal was submitted to the Fairfax County planning commission this week for the expansion of The Boro, a mixed-use space in Tysons. The latest plans would add two mid-size residential buildings and a connecting bridge which would also have residential units inside. The final project would deliver between 350-450 housing units. (Angela Woolsey / FFXnow)
Loudoun County town raises money for bike park
The family of Adam Caudill is hosting an auction at the Bush Tabernacle on May 21 to honor the 15-year-old avid cyclist who died last year. This would be Purcellville’s first bike park and will connect to the W&OD Trail. (LoudounNow)
Youth advocates push for job programs catered to DC’s unhoused young people
They say DC’s workforce development programs can do a better job of targeting youth with special needs for logistical and emotional support spurred by lack of access to housing, transportation, the internet, professional clothing, and a network of support. (Annemarie Cuccia / DCist)
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