Developer looks to buy former G.C. Murphy’s in Hazelwood
A former G.C. Murphy’s store in Hazelwood could become a centerpiece of efforts to revitalize the neighborhood. The city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority board is poised to accept a proposal by AHI Development Inc., a subsidiary to Action Housing Inc., at its meeting Thursday to buy the Spahr Building for $80,000 plus costs. The price includes four adjacent parcels.
A summer school garden grows in NE Washington
Washington, DC (August 5, 2014) – Summer days can stretch long for many young students in the District whose families don’t have thousands of extra dollars for camps and enrichment programs.
Marble steps reused as gathering place
Baltimore, MD (June 29, 2014) – Alice Johnson noticed the checker boards that recently popped up behind her house, a neat brick rowhouse in the Barclay neighborhood of Baltimore.
What do solar panels have to do with affordable housing? A lot.
Home values in D.C. nearly doubled from 2000 to 2010, while income for the bottom 40 percent of the city’s population barely budged. A minimum-wage worker would have to clock in 137 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair market rent.
Baltimore’s RAD plan is among nation’s largest, HUD secretary says
Baltimore, MD (March 20, 2014) – Standing in front of a scrolling slideshow of public housing decrepitude – moldy bathrooms, cracked concrete and rusty heating pipes – U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan applauded Baltimore’s involvement in a new federal program that aims to finance repairs by selling some of the city’s public housing to private owners.