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
8.12.24
Members Making News
From the District of Columbia Housing Authority's website:
More than 100 DC Housing Authority youth residents spent Tuesday at the Washington Commanders Training Camp with franchise legend, Darrell Green.
With the support of the Green Family Foundation, the DCHA youth residents traveled to...
3.26.24
Members Making News
From DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's press release:
Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and community leaders cut the ribbon on The Clara, a mixed-use development that will provide Ward 8’s Anacostia neighborhood with 81 new units of affordable housing. The Clara also includes 11,000 square feet of ground level...
10.17.23
Members Making News
From So Others Might Eat's press release:
On Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, SOME (So Others Might Eat), a DC-based nonprofit focused on combating poverty and homelessness, unveiled its newest addition to the D.C. skyline with the official opening of Roberts Residences at 1515 North Capitol Street...
2.22.23
Members Making News
From WUSA 9 Washington, DC:
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser was joined by District leaders and community members to celebrate the opening of The Ethel, an apartment building in Hill East that aims to help people experiencing homelessness.
The permanent supportive housing, which is located...
1.11.23
Members Making News
CLPHA congratulates our members Fort Wayne Housing Authority, Housing Authority of the City of Goldsboro, Housing Authority of New Orleans, and District of Columbia Housing Authority upon receiving Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) Planning Grants from HUD!
On December 22, 2022, HUD Secretary...
5.31.22
Members Making News
From The DC Line:
Dr. Catherine Crosland, medical director of emergency response sites at Unity Health Care, remembers an older man she used to care for — one of the first people admitted to DC’s Pandemic Emergency Program for Medically Vulnerable Individuals, or PEP-V, in the early days of the...
3.10.22
Members Making News
From the District of Columbia Housing Authority's press release:
The District of Columbia Housing Authority, local and federal officials, and the Kenilworth Courts community broke ground today on Kenilworth 166. The $83 million project is the first phase of the Kenilworth Courts redevelopment,...
11.2.21
Members Making News
From the District of Columbia Housing Authority's press release:
Some 350 District of Columbia Housing Authority employees spread out throughout the agency’s senior portfolio Friday, October 1, to plant flowers, paint, and work on other improvements that upgraded the curb appeal and brightened the...
9.8.21
Members Making News
From the District of Columbia Housing Authority’s press release:
[T]he District of Columbia Housing Authority Board of Commissioners voted to appoint Interim Executive Director Brenda Donald to executive director.
“Since my arrival in June, I have met some of our residents, many...
7.28.21
Members Making News
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Minority Health recently spotlighted the District of Columbia Housing Authority success in leveraging partners to increase vaccine uptake in its communities as part of HHS’s COVID-19 Learning Community Chat...
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