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National Journal – Housing Market Improvement Tied to Hispanic Surge
For the past two weeks, Nicaragua immigrant Melissa Vivas has arrived home to her newly purchased two-story Washington home feeling like she has achieved part of her American Dream. The $210,000...
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Associated Press – Rent Hike Forces Some DC Residents Out (Video)
In the nation’s capital, new housing and bigger stores are going up — all meant to fight crime and boost the economy. But some Washington residents say the redevelopments are making the city too...
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Wheaton Patch – Salvadoran Restaurants to Compete in Pupusa Cookoff
If you need another reason to come to the World of Montgomery Festival in Wheaton on Oct. 21, let it be for the pupusas, those fried corn-dough pockets of cheese, pork and beans. Five Salvadoran...
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WAMU 88.5 FM – Kojo In Your Community: People And Public Spaces In Columbia...
Two miles north of the White House, Columbia Heights boasts a diverse population, a growing business core and a blossoming restaurant scene. But it’s also a neighborhood in transition. As housing...
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Washington Post Express – From Renters to Owners
Silvia Salazar didn’t expect tenant organizing to change her life. She just wanted to rid her decaying apartment complex of bedbugs, black mold and rats. The 36-year-old ended up empowering her...
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Washington Post – Maryland Festival Goers Introduced to Salvadoran Food, Culture
Ping Eng and her daughter Sarah walked slowly through the crowd, each holding a tiny plate with a corn tortilla filled with cheese, beans and pork. “I am excited about this,” Eng said as she took a...
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NBCNews.com – New Steps Announced to Fix Costly Credit Errors
Tawanna Sellers is a food service employee at a Washington, DC high school. But she’d like to be out here, among the ranks of food truck owners. The reason Tawanna isn’t is because she got a bad credit...
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Wheaton Patch – Wheaton Small Business Survey Shows Parking Concerns
Below is news coverage from this morning related to the ongoing work of the Coalition for the Fair Redevelopment of Wheaton, of which LEDC is a member. A survey of small busineses in the Wheaton Urban...
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Maryland Gazette – Wheaton Development Coalition Seeks Support of Urban...
Below is news coverage related to the ongoing work of the Coalition for the Fair Redevelopment of Wheaton, of which LEDC is a member. In its first appearance before the Wheaton Urban District Advisory...
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Univision – Obama Meets with Business Owners to Improve the Economy (Spanish)
Behind closed doors, President Barack Obama met with small business owners to pressure Congress to approve a new round of economic stimulus. Obama proposes to spend an additional $25 billion for tax...
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Two Tenant Associations in Ward 4, One Shared Goal: Affordable Housing for All
Tenants at 5741 Colorado Avenue NW celebrate the purchase of their apartment building. Today’s blog is the first in a series of stories previewing this Saturday’s 6th Annual Citywide Tenant Town Hall....
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What’s At Stake for Tenants in this Year’s DC Budget?
Today’s blog, authored by Elizabeth Falcon at the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development’s Housing for All Campaign, is the second in a series of stories previewing this Saturday’s...
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DC Tenants Launch Campaign for Safe, Healthy Housing Tackling Mold, Lead, and...
One of the big victories tenants have won at previous DC Tenant Town Halls is the right to sue their landlords in DC Superior Court over housing code violations. Before, only landlords could take...
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