"This new five-story, mixed-use senior community, named after late Barry Farm resident Asberry Sanker, Jr., has 108 affordable housing units, 80 of which are reserved for former Barry Farm residents." Washington Informer (I don't think they're on here yet) www.washingtoninformer.com/barry-farm-r... - ThreadSky

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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social • 103 days ago

"This new five-story, mixed-use senior community, named after late Barry Farm resident Asberry Sanker, Jr., has 108 affordable housing units, 80 of which are reserved for former Barry Farm residents."

Washington Informer (I don't think they're on here yet)
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/barry-farm-redevelopment-celebration/

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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social•103 days ago

"Years prior, in 2018, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled that the D.C. Zoning Commission didn’t satisfactorily address residents’ concerns about relocation and the number of two to six-bedroom units to be constructed."

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social•103 days ago

"In 2014, that group of residents, 50 strong, collaborated with the organizing group Empower DC and formed the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association. Despite their efforts, demolition went on as planned in 2019."

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social•103 days ago

"Ari Theresa, an attorney who worked on behalf of the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association, said that it’s incumbent upon POAH and DCHA to file building permits that include unit replacement reports.
“It’s part of the relocation plan that ensures everyone returns,” Theresa told The Informer."

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social•103 days ago

“If they have no handle on what’s been built and what will go where then that’s how you end up finishing a project without the adequate number of units.” “They could appeal the building permit… but that would delay granting the permit, and potentially people’s return,” he said.

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social•103 days ago

“At the same time, these kinds of promises are 70 years old and have never been kept. We just prefer that D.C. follows their regulations.”

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