Category Archives: Gentrification

A Valentine’s Day Request: Have a Heart, Don’t Take Our Homes (Part Two)

LISTEN TO LINDA LEAKS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Today at 1:00 PM, a group will gather at the Russell Senate Office Building (Constitution Avenue and 2nd St, NE) to deliver Valentine’s Day cards to senators … Continue reading

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A Valentine’s Day Request: Have a Heart, Don’t Take Our Homes

LISTEN TO LINDA LEAKS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has proposed cutting $100 billion from the non-military federal budget for fiscal year 2011. Now it’s the Senate’s turn to act. Sen. … Continue reading

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Historic McMillan Park Threatened by Luxury Condos

January 4, 2011, on “More Room On the Outside,” Tony Norman, a veteran activist, member of the McMillan Park Committee and newly-elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, discussed the history of McMillan Park and the threat it now faces. McMillan Park is … Continue reading

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The Right to Housing, the Right to Shelter & Combating HIV/AIDS

On December 1st, World AIDS Day, journalist Pete Tucker gave the following speech, connecting homlessness, the lack of affordable housing and economic injustice with the spread of HIV & AIDS. Full text of speech below the embedded video. Mayor Adrian … Continue reading

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$46 Million in Tax Abatements for “A Damn Near Skyscraper” in Adams Morgan

Thursday, December 16, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1C held a community forum on the proposed $46 million tax abatement for the planned luxury boutique hotel in Adams Morgan, which would displace City Paper and WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio. After hearing … Continue reading

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Rent Control and Racism in D.C.

LISTEN TO CYNTHIA POLS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 D.C.’s rent control laws regulate the rents paid by tenants who live in buildings built prior to 1976. As it is currently written, every five years the … Continue reading

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The “We Shall Overcome” Award

LISTEN TO CHERYL BARNES [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Wednesday evening at the Washington Peace Center’s Activist Awards, Cheryl K. Barnes will be honored with the “We Shall Overcome Award” for her tireless work on behalf … Continue reading

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Bruce Monroe Elementary: Case Study in Gentrification

LISTEN TO RAMIRO ACOSTA [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 In one of her first acts as D.C. Schools Chancellor, Michelle Rhee closed 23 public schools. Bruce Monroe Elementary School wasn’t one of them. The protests from … Continue reading

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Need Shelter? Must Show Proof of Residency, Part II

Monday, Ward 6 D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells held a hearing on Bill 18-1059, the “Homeless Services Reform Amendment Act of 2010.” Wells’ legislation seeks to establish a residency requirement for shelter and homeless services in the District of Columbia. Wells, who chairs the … Continue reading

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Need Shelter? Must Show Proof of Residency

LISTEN TO PATTY MULLAHY FUGERE & NASSIM MOSHIREE [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 On Monday, Ward 6 D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells held a hearing on Bill 18-1059, the “Homeless Services Reform Amendment Act of 2010.” Wells’ … Continue reading

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