By Nena Perry-Brown (Editorial Board) • June 23, 2020
While the US public housing system may have started off with the intention of providing quality homes to low income and vulnerable populations, those efforts were quickly dashed by how the program was created and managed.
By Stephen Repetski (Editorial Board Alum) • June 23, 2020
WMATA General Manager Paul Wiedefeld has reassigned the leader of the agency’s rail control center and is beginning an external search for a new one, according to a staff notice issued on Monday.
The WMATA board voted to set up an independent panel composed of both civilians and law enforcement officers to review complaints against the transit police. The panel will be able to publish its decisions, but will not be able to discipline officers as Metro says it would have to renegotiate the compact and a complicated union contract to give the panel any more power. (Justin George / Post)
A stretch 18th Street in Adams Morgan will become a temporary bike and pedestrian zone with a single lane of southbound traffic from Friday to Sunday, with local restaurants using the extra open space for “streateries” to serve diners. (Anna Spiegel / Washingtonian)
Montgomery County is relaunching its Vision Zero program with the goal of no road deaths by 2030. The county is conducting a survey among residents on their priorities for safe streets, and by May of 2021, they will release a 10-year strategy and two-year action plan. (Briana Adhikusuma / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
The District will no longer place families experiencing homelessness in the New York Ave Quality Inn and will rely more on its own shelters and housing resources. Of the 59 families currently in the motel, 24 are expected to move to their own housing units soon. (Morgan Baskin / City Paper)
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that eviction proceedings can begin again on June 29, which could jeopardize housing for the 15% of Virginians who report that they have struggled to pay rent during the pandemic. Virginia has not yet implemented new tenant relief measures. (Ally Schweitzer / DCist)
The state will move to the next phase of reopening, which means opening child care centers and swimming pools up to 75% capacity on July 1. Northern Virginia and Richmond are expected to reopen with the rest of the state. (Rick Massimo / WTOP)
The group of companies managing the construction of the Purple Line have threatened to dissolve the public-private partnership building the rail line after failing to reach an agreement with the state of Maryland over paying for the costs racked up by construction delays. (Katherine Shaver / Post)
