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Category Archives: DC Budget FY 2012
What yesterday’s hearing means for housing funding
Yesterday, the Mayor’s staff presented to the Council his plan to spend unexpected revenue from FY11 and FY12 to pay for funding priorities the Council passed a few weeks ago. With $115 million going to the items at the top … Continue reading
Your Voices Were Heard – Continuum of Housing Programs Preserved!
The DC Council approved a much more progressive FY 2012 budget on May 25 than expected, as they took action to restore more than $40 million in homeless services and affordable housing program cuts that support the continuum of housing … Continue reading
Are we scared to address the affordable housing needs of our residents?
On May 3, 2011 David Bowers of Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. testified at the Public Hearing on the FY 2012 Budget for the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). His words perfectly summarized what’s at stake for affordable … Continue reading
Posted in DC Budget FY 2012, Uncategorized
Tagged campaign, Continuum of Housing, DC Budget 2012, Enterprise Community Partners, Housing First, Housing Production Trust Fund, Local Rent Supplement Program, National Housing Trust/Enterprise, Site Acquisition Funding Initiative (SAFI), Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), testimony
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The Norwood Dreams of Tenant Purchase
More great video from the Housing for All Rally! Silvia Salazar from the Norwood Tenant Association read a bedtime story. The story told the dream that her apartment building has of purchasing using the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act – … Continue reading
DC Residents Want Housing, Services, and Income Tax
Yesterday, Hart Research Associates released a poll finding what many of us expected to be true: DC residents around the city are concerned about the cuts in the FY12 budget, and want to restore funding to programs facing cuts. According … Continue reading
Housing Made Me a Better Mother
Nicole Alexander, a client of Transitional Housing Corporation, spoke out at the Housing for All Rally about the importance transitional housing has had in her life. The Housing First program, which has supported Ms. Alexander, is facing cuts in this … Continue reading
First Glance at Mayor’s Budget
Mayor Gray’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget was released on Friday, and several of the programs help provide Housing for All have been cut. The Cuts: $18.0 million – has been taken out of the Housing Production Trust Fund. The Fund … Continue reading
