Residential segregation is often talked about as if it's something in the past — but in our region, it's very much in our present, too. A new study allows us to see where segregation patterns have changed in DC.
One way District officials hope to disrupt those historic patterns is through boosting density and affordable housing in historically exclusive areas. An update to the Comprehensive Plan, DC's guiding land use document, could help make that happen — and the Mayor just signed it.
As DC aims for more new housing, tenants in an older, unmaintained apartment complex in Langley Park are struggling to stay in their homes and get repairs made as pandemic tenant protections wane.
Also in Prince George's County (and Montgomery): the Purple Line and its indefinite pause on construction. What's the deal, and when might construction pick back up? GGWash's Abby Wester has some answers.
By Libby Solomon (Writer and Editor) • July 6, 2021
A recent report found that DC, like many US cities, is actually more segregated than it was in 1990 — but the racial and ethnic makeup of many individual neighborhoods has changed over time.
This past February I wrote about landlord disinvestment at Bedford and Victoria Station Apartments in Langley Park, Maryland. The complex’s tenants were then nearly a year into the pandemic and desperate for help—to pay back rent and hold their landlord accountable. Tenants are finally getting some rental relief, but their landlord still hasn’t fixed major housing code violations. So, tenants will fight to stay put and hold their landlord to account.
The Purple Line light rail has been a long-anticipated addition to the Maryland public transit system. The 16-mile light rail will connect Montgomery County and Prince George’s County with stops stretching from Bethesda to New Carrollton. But construction was halted in September of 2020. So what happened exactly, and how likely is it the Purple Line project will resume?
