Neither the Council of the District of Columbia nor the mayor have control over the DC Housing Authority. This may change under a Ward 1 CM Brianne Nadeau proposal.
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The weekly DC Register contains legislative actions and they often relate to issues about which APACC is interested. Each week, we publish Helder Gil’s tweets as well as noting contents we find interesting.
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The weekly DC Register contains legislative actions and they often relate to issues about which APACC is interested. Each week, we publish Helder Gil’s tweets as well as noting contents we find interesting.
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Mayor Bowser’s agenda for 2019 and the balance of her second term is clear: housing. Learn more from the journalists who covered the mayor’s 2019 kickoff presser January 7.
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Helder Gil (@hgil), “Transplanted New Yorker. GWU & @GWHatchet alum. Public servant. On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. All tweets are my personal opinion.”, regularly takes to Twitter to summarize the weekly publication of the DC Register. We’re capturing them here to elevate the importance of the DCR and to make the content more accessible.
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Helder Gil (@hgil), “Transplanted New Yorker. GWU & @GWHatchet alum. Public servant. On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. All tweets are my personal opinion.”, regularly takes to Twitter to summarize the weekly publication of the DC Register. We’re capturing them here to elevate the importance of the DCR and to make the content more accessible.
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Organizational news and other important info from APACC members Neighborhood Legal Services Program, Urban Institute, Living Classrooms, and Institute for Public Health Innovation.
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Fiscal Year 2019 (FY 2019, FY19) started October 1. As is always the case, some laws, policies, programs, and taxes change from one year to the next. Action—advocacy—on the budget is not done when the mayor signs it. To the contrary, once the fiscal year starts, the work is focused on making sure agencies implement the budget.
APACC and its members will be paying close attention to several elements of the FY 2019 budget and taking action when necessary.
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Finding and securing affordable housing is hard enough without facing barriers when using a government subsidy. The Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) Tenant Barriers Workgroup is doing a survey to identify barriers rental housing applicants have when searching for housing with a voucher. The group will use the information to craft solutions.
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APACC is joining members Ward 7 Business Partnership and Washington Parks & People at the annual Ward 7 Day celebration Saturday, September 8 from Noon to 6:00 pm. This year, the event takes place at Marvin Gaye Park (5200 Foote St, NE).
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Read the details associated with the six projects in Ward 7 and Ward 8 which are part of Mayor Bowser's latest affordable housing creation and preservation effort.
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In 2016, Community Preservation and Development Corporation (CPDC) purchased Randle Hill Apartments to rejuvenate and preserve the affordable housing offered by this 196-unit garden-style complex.
Fast forward two years and CPDC and Randle Hill Apartments are making news again. Mayor Bowser recently announced that DC, and Wards 7 and 8 in particular, will be getting more affordable housing thanks to a $103 million DC government investment. Randle Hill Apartments is one of the projects funded.
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