DC Public Housing Wish Granted
26 03 2008The Districts public housing in Ward 8 has been long overdue for a makeover. Many of the housing projects and low income developments have fallen into deep disrepair. Well yesterday, the DC Housing Authority received a $20 million Hope VI grant towards bringing redevelopment to SE.
The funds will be used for the Sheridan Terrace housing complex, which was demolished in 1997. The 336 new units will include 70 stacked townhouse units, 110 family townhouses, 56 manor homes and a 100-unit family and senior apartment. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2009. The development will bring some much needed life to an often neglected area of town!
“The 336 new units will include 70 stacked townhouse units, 110 family townhouses, 56 manor homes and a 100-unit family and senior apartment.”
townhouses in the million dollar range? homes that the people who lived in the area before wont be able to afford? SouthEast is dying. DC is dying. I will miss the days when DC was DC. I wonder though, as they run us out of our homes and rebuild them out of our price range…where will we go? Pg county? Damn….times really do change. I liked things better when southeast was neglected, atleast we had eachother.