Department of Housing and Urban Development - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Fri, 20 Jul 2018 21:20:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Department of Housing and Urban Development - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 How DC’s First Chief Resilience Officer Is Planning for Disaster https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/23/how-dc-first-chief-resilience-officer-is-planning-for-disaster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-dc-first-chief-resilience-officer-is-planning-for-disaster Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:00:10 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=421818 Kevin Bush spends his days dreaming up the things that should keep you awake at night. Last summer, the onetime Housing and Urban Development official, who helped direct the department’s Hurricane Sandy response, was named DC’s first chief resilience officer. Part of his job is to envision the various catastrophes that might strike the District […]

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We Decorated Ben Carson’s Office for Under $5,000 https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/03/08/we-decorated-ben-carsons-office-for-under-5k/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-decorated-ben-carsons-office-for-under-5k Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:37:24 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=315510 Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson became the latest Trump Administration official to be criticized for lavish expenses last week when it was reported that he spent $31,000 in public funds on furniture for his office. According to federal law, if any department head plans to spend more than $5,000 while redecorating an office, […]

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DC Marijuana Activists Are Giving Out Free Pot Outside HUD Today https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/10/31/free-weed-will-be-given-out-tomorrow-at-dcmjs-hauntedbyhud-demonstration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-weed-will-be-given-out-tomorrow-at-dcmjs-hauntedbyhud-demonstration Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:14:22 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=240929 As part of their “Haunted By HUD” protest, members of marijuana advocacy group DCMJ will be handing out free dime bags of cannabis tomorrow in front of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to raise awareness about the “haunting” marijuana regulations imposed upon residents of public housing. People who live in Section 8 […]

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Without Leadership at HUD, DC’s Anti-Homelessness Officials Have No Idea What’s Coming https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/06/29/without-leadership-hud-dcs-anti-homelessness-officials-no-idea-whats-coming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=without-leadership-hud-dcs-anti-homelessness-officials-no-idea-whats-coming Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:07:45 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=230298 When Kristy Greenwalt needs something from from the federal government these days, it’s not always clear who she’s supposed to call on. Greenwalt, the executive director of the District’s Interagency Council on Homelessness, is one of many city-government and nonprofit leaders whose jobs became much more difficult and murky on January 20, when one administration that made progressive strides on low-income […]

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Ben Carson Buys $1.3 Million House in Vienna https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/02/14/ben-carson-buys-1-3-million-house-vienna/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ben-carson-buys-1-3-million-house-vienna Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:19:22 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=217161 Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon nominated by President Trump to be the secretary of housing and urban development, bought a 6,400-square-foot house in Vienna last month, according to property records. The five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom traditional-style home sits on a 1.5-acre plot a few miles from the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts and the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. […]

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