Here's our roundup of this week's must-read posts! Carolyn Gallaher unpacks HUD's DCHA audit. How Metrobus lags behind other major transit services on electrification. Become a policy matchmaker with our Fantasy DC Council Committee Maker!
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Leadership, waitlists, vouchers: Unpacking key findings in HUD’s DCHA audit
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by Carolyn Gallaher (Contributor) • December 6, 2022
In early October, HUD issued a devastating assessment of DCHA, which identified 82 violations of HUD policies. Carolyn Gallaher zooms in on three problem areas: DCHA leadership, its public housing waitlist, and its housing choice voucher program.
WMATA is a laggard on electrifying buses
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by Steve Banashek (Guest Contributor), Elliott Negin (Guest Contributor), Timothy Oberleiton (Guest Contributor) • December 7, 2022
OPINION: If WMATA hews to its current schedule, less than 20% of its bus fleet will be electric by 2030 – falling far behind many other jurisdictions.
Create your legislative dream teams with our Fantasy DC Council Committee Maker
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by Policy Team • December 8, 2022
The DC Council will have a fresh slate of legislative committees in January. While councilmembers jostle behind the scenes for the agencies they want to oversee, try your hand as policy matchmaker with our new Fantasy Council Committee Maker.
The legacy of Arthur Wilmer Park
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by Keshler Thibert (Contributor) • December 8, 2022
OPINION: Arthur Wilmer “Wilmer’s” Park was a key Prince George’s County venue for Black entertainers pre-desegregation, then later a favorite outdoor venue for a variety of acts. Now, a preservation effort led by Prince George's County is underway.
How the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad and the Penn Line shaped the region’s suburbs
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by DW Rowlands (Contributor) • December 7, 2022
Much of DC beyond the original L'Enfant city and Georgetown consists of "streetcar suburbs," namely late-19th and early-20th Century communities that grew up around streetcar lines. While electric streetcars didn't extend to Maryland until the 1890s, Washington's first steam railroad line, to Baltimore, opened in 1837, and commuters from Maryland rode trains into the city as early as the Civil War.
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