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The mission of the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is to create and preserve opportunities for affordable housing and economic development and to revitalize underserved communities in the District of Columbia.

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DHCD Announces Respondents to Redevelop Historic Anacostia Properties

Department of Housing and Community Development Director Polly Donaldson announced today that the District received two responses to the Solicitation for Offers (SFO) for the development of six vacant and blighted properties in Historic Anacostia (Ward 8).
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DHCD Awards 6 Properties in Historic Anacostia

The DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced today that it has awarded six District-owned properties in Historic Anacostia in Ward 8 to two experienced, non-profit organizations for the development of family-style affordable housing units
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DHCD Seeks Proposals to Produce or Preserve Affordable Housing

D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Director Polly Donaldson on Friday March 31 issued the agency’s Spring 2017 funding notice and request for proposals (RFP) to produce and preserve affordable housing for District residents.
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DHCD Response to ODCA Report on Housing Production Trust Fund: Remember Unprecedented Affordable Housing...

Polly Donaldson, Director of the DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), issued a statement today in response to an Office of the District of Columbia Auditor (ODCA) report on the Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF). That report made several recommendations for administrative improvements. Donaldson emphasized that HPTF changes implemented since January 2015 have produced and preserved more affordable housing units in the District, and as DHCD’s administrative process continues to evolve, the agency will work collaboratively with ODCA to resolve any findings identified by its review.
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DHCD Announces DC Housing Finance Agency as New HPAP Co-Administrator

The DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is pleased to announce that on March 1 the DC Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) began operations as co-administrator of the Home Purchase Assistance Program (HPAP). DCHFA joins the Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL) as a second administrator.
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DHCD Tops $50 Million in HPTF Loans for Affordable Housing In First Five Months...

In just five months in to Fiscal Year 2017, one half of the District’s $100 million Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF) has been allocated to projects that will produce and preserve affordable housing across four Wards. The DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced today that the HPTF’s $50.3 million mark was met by the closing of two projects that will provide 250 affordable units in Wards 1 and 8

Mayor Bowser to Celebrate Historic Investments in Affordable Housing

On Friday, Mayor Bowser will join District leaders to celebrate a promise fulfilled: the unprecedented expenditure of $100 million from the Housing Production Trust Fund. The $100 million investment is supporting 19 projects that will create or preserve more than 1,200 affordable housing units. Since coming into office, Mayor Bowser has committed $100 million annually to the fund – more than any city per capita in the country.

DHCD Commits $6.9 Million to Preserve Affordability in Wards 6 and 8

The DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) closed two loans for rehabilitation projects that will preserve affordable housing in Southeast DC— at the 93-unit Parkchester Apartments at 2704 Wade Road SE, and 1314 K Street SE, a 12-unit cooperative building

DHCD Commits $6.9 Million to Preserve Affordability in Wards 6 and 8

The DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) closed two loans for rehabilitation projects that will preserve affordable housing in Southeast DC— at the 93-unit Parkchester Apartments at 2704 Wade Road SE, and 1314 K Street SE, a 12-unit cooperative building.

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