dmped dcha ecodistricts session 2014
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Sustainable Revitalization without
Gentrification in Metro DC
Reyna Alorro
DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning
and Economic Development
Kerry Smyser
DC Housing Authority
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Overview of the District of Columbia
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3 540,000
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620,000
640,000
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
DC tools and initiatives that promote sustainable revitalization: • Housing Production Trust
Fund
• Tenants Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)
• Inclusionary Zoning
• New Communities Initiative
• Planned Unit Developments
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Homebuyer assistance programs
• Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force 2012
• Mayor Gray’s 10x20 Affordable Housing Initiative
Population
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New Communities Initiative • City-led initiative that started in 2005 as a
response to federal budget cuts to housing revitalization programs and increasing local pressures to address crime and poverty in District neighborhoods.
• Comprehensive public private partnership designed to revitalize 4 neighborhoods with physically deteriorating subsidized housing and transform them into vibrant mixed-use mixed-income communities
• Provide quality affordable housing options, employment opportunities and access to appropriate human services.
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• Approx. 25 acres • 432 existing public housing
rental units • Redevelopment Plan approved
in 2006 • Human Capital Program:
o Comprehensive case management
o Job placement assistance o Educational assistance o Life skills workshops o Financial literacy o Youth development and
community wellness o Homebuyers Club
Development Projects
Total Units
Replacement Units
Add’l Affordable
Units Target Delivery
Sheridan Phase 1 114 25 89 Delivered 2011
Matthews Memorial Terrace
99 35 64 Delivered 2012
Sheridan Station Phase 3
133 40 93 Fall 2014
Total 346 100 246
Barry Farm
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DCHA Redevelopment
• Recipient of $255 MM in
Federal Funds; • Constructed over 1,300 PH
Units; over 3,500 affordable;
• Leveraged over $500 million in PPP
• Foster Sustainable Communities
Governance
Amenities
Green Materials & Energy Efficiency
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Barry Farm/Wade
Apartments
Barry Farm Today – 444 units
369 units occupied
93% HH single mothers on site;
86% HH are unemployed
One Corner Store
Anacostia Metro Station
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
New Barry Farm – 1400 units
$400 MM TDC
$ 80 MM Subsidy
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How to Maintain Culture & Vibrancy
of the Neighborhood
• Maintaining contact with Residents during construction
• Right to Return (little to no screening);
• Build upon the positives in the community (Anacostia
Metro Station; schools; rich history; build small business
through live/work options)
• Work to rid Weakness through design, education and
community building
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Barry Farms’ Goodman League