D.C. officials pitch plan to solve public housing ‘crisis,’ make $2.5 billion in needed repairs


The D.C. Housing Authority says it needs an additional $45 million to $50 million a year for the next 17 years to shore up the District’s public housing stock, with plans to redevelop or completely overhaul 14 complexes around the city.

The agency on Wednesday released a working draft of a “transformation plan” that’s been years in the making, outlining a path forward for making badly needed repairs to the roughly 6,600 public housing units it controls. DCHA has repeatedly warned that its…

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