WASHINGTON, DC—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has rejected a nearly $30-million grant request by the D.C. Housing Authority to rehabilitate two complexes in Northeast D.C.
The housing authority had applied for a $29.7-million grant under the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant program to redevelop the Kenilworth Courts and Parkside Addition complexes. The rejection is seen as a blow to the district's plan to revitalize the public housing projects in Northeast D.C., which struggles with both a high rate of poverty and violence, according to the Washington Post.
“We needed this grant to begin building affordable housing and providing amenities for residents that would help them achieve their goals of self-sufficiency,” Adrianne Todman, executive director of the housing authority. “This $29.7-million grant would just be the start of a $317.5-million redevelopment project at Kenilworth Courts and represents a small piece of the total $1.3 billion capital needs of the D.C. Housing Authority. But the door is not shut. We will sit down with HUD and evaluate our next steps.” See story in the Washington Post.
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