District of Columbia Housing Authority
Keith Pettigrew,
Executive Director
1133 North Capitol Street NE
Washington, DC
(202) 535-1000
(202) 535-2468
By The numbers
Public Housing Units 9176
Vouchers 16065
Total Units 25241
Latest News
7.11.19
Members Making News
On June 28 and 29, youth from the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet up with District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) youth for an educational field trip about Negro League Baseball and African American history and culture.
This exchange...
6.28.19
Members Making News
From DCHA's website:
"Dozens of job applicants attended the District of Columbia Housing Authority’s Second Annual Career Fair, part of the agency’s Workforce Development Initiative.
Employers were on hand to meet candidates and explain the job openings they have available on May 31 at the...
6.28.19
Members Making News
From DCHA's website:
"U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, District of Columbia Housing Authority Executive Director Tyrone Garrett, DCHA’s Homeownership Coordinating Committee, local officials, and community members celebrated seven new homeowners.
“The...
6.28.19
Members Making News
In a new video, District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) Executive Director Tyrone Garrett and DCHA staff reiterate the housing authority’s mission of improving the health, wellbeing, success, and daily lives of DCHA residents. Based on “This Is Where We Stand,” a poem by Raquel Brown,...
5.23.19
In The News
NPR’s May 16 story, which also aired May 22 on NPR’s Morning Edition, “Trump Administration Wants To Cut Funding For Public Housing Repairs,” featuring District of Columbia Housing Authority Executive Director Tyrone Garrett and CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman, underscores the need to...
5.8.19
Members Making News
From the District of Columbia Housing Authority's e-newsletter:
The District of Columbia Housing Authority, Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development, D.C. Housing Finance Agency and development partners celebrated the end of the first phase of the massive...
4.11.19
Awards/Grants, Members Making News
From the District of Columbia Housing Authority's e-newsletter:
For the first time in nearly a decade, the District of Columbia Housing Authority was awarded $717,000 in a ROSS grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This funding will be project specific.
The...
3.29.19
Members Making News, Awards/Grants
From DCHA's e-Newsletter:
The District of Columbia Housing Authority was awarded $17.6 million in Housing Production Trust Funds to construct the first 166 units at Kenilworth Courts in Ward 7. The three-phased project is expected to deliver a total of 532 new affordable units to the...
3.29.19
Members Making News
From DCHA's e-Newsletter:
The mayor, city partners, and church partners cut the ribbon at The Beacon Center, a mixed-use development in the Brightwood neighborhood of Ward 4 that includes 99 affordable housing units— as well as an array of community services—targeted at low- to moderate-...
3.8.19
Members Making News
From the District of Columbia Housing Authority's e-newsletter:
District of Columbia Housing Authority Executive Director Tyrone Garrett announced that he will present a Comprehensive Portfolio Repositioning Plan within 60-days. Garrett said the strategy will describe how the agency will...
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