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Rent Payment Standards

The DC Housing Authority is an integral part of the District’s affordable housing network and prioritizes how we can best serve more customers with safe and affordable housing. We are currently in the process of right-sizing by reviewing our rent payment standards. We’ll first establish a working group in collaboration with housing providers and key

DC Housing Authority Achiev...

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recognized the DC Housing Authority for achieving its energy savings goal as a partner in the Better Buildings Challenge. DCHA has achieved energy savings of 31% due to greater efficiency efforts at its Fort Lincoln property. DCHA is one

DC Housing Authority Launch...

The District of Columbia Housing Authority’s priority is to increase public housing occupancy rates and is currently focused on filling vacancies through aggressive renovation and lease-up strategies. One key strategy to fill vacancies is to update DCHA’s waitlist, which was frozen in 2013. The agency is embarking on a grass-roots communications campaign asking current waitlist

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