Bowser Spreads the Wealth opens homeless shelters in each DC ward

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP. do you have the stats on how many children in total I've at DC General. Thank you.

600+ in 288 units, give or take.

http://m.wamu.org/#/programs/metro_connection/14/05/30/when_dc_general_is_your_last_best_option

[Anonymous]

Has Bowser disclosed the cost (or where leased, the expected financial terms) for the various sites?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. do you have the stats on how many children in total I've at DC General. Thank you.

600+ in 288 units, give or take.

http://m.wamu.org/#/programs/metro_connection/14/05/30/when_dc_general_is_your_last_best_option

They shouldn't have to wait two years to build buildings to get them out of DC general. There must be other better options that are available now or sooner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. do you have the stats on how many children in total I've at DC General. Thank you.

600+ in 288 units, give or take.

http://m.wamu.org/#/programs/metro_connection/14/05/30/when_dc_general_is_your_last_best_option

That data is old. It was definitely 237 units in August (but that's the last point-in-time count I could find in my email).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. do you have the stats on how many children in total I've at DC General. Thank you.

600+ in 288 units, give or take.

http://m.wamu.org/#/programs/metro_connection/14/05/30/when_dc_general_is_your_last_best_option

They shouldn't have to wait two years to build buildings to get them out of DC general. There must be other better options that are available now or sooner.

What buildings, PP? Seriously. What apartment building is built now, totally vacant, and owned by someone who is willing to lease it to DC as a homeless shelter, with enough common spaces to accommodate the things that the shelters are incorporating?

There are new buildings going up all the time. Are you suggesting that one of the developers building condos on U Street should offer entire buildings up for shelters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. do you have the stats on how many children in total I've at DC General. Thank you.

600+ in 288 units, give or take.

http://m.wamu.org/#/programs/metro_connection/14/05/30/when_dc_general_is_your_last_best_option

They shouldn't have to wait two years to build buildings to get them out of DC general. There must be other better options that are available now or sooner.

What buildings, PP? Seriously. What apartment building is built now, totally vacant, and owned by someone who is willing to lease it to DC as a homeless shelter, with enough common spaces to accommodate the things that the shelters are incorporating?

There are new buildings going up all the time. Are you suggesting that one of the developers building condos on U Street should offer entire buildings up for shelters?

There are warehouses or abandoned buildings that could be completely overhauled and renovated and ready by mid Summer if they start now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. do you have the stats on how many children in total I've at DC General. Thank you.

600+ in 288 units, give or take.

http://m.wamu.org/#/programs/metro_connection/14/05/30/when_dc_general_is_your_last_best_option

They shouldn't have to wait two years to build buildings to get them out of DC general. There must be other better options that are available now or sooner.

What buildings, PP? Seriously. What apartment building is built now, totally vacant, and owned by someone who is willing to lease it to DC as a homeless shelter, with enough common spaces to accommodate the things that the shelters are incorporating?

There are new buildings going up all the time. Are you suggesting that one of the developers building condos on U Street should offer entire buildings up for shelters?

There are warehouses or abandoned buildings that could be completely overhauled and renovated and ready by mid Summer if they start now.

+1

[Anonymous]

Warehouses or abandoned buildings? Those are not designed for human habitation. You're talking about major renovations, asking for there to be major delays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. do you have the stats on how many children in total I've at DC General. Thank you.

600+ in 288 units, give or take.

http://m.wamu.org/#/programs/metro_connection/14/05/30/when_dc_general_is_your_last_best_option

They shouldn't have to wait two years to build buildings to get them out of DC general. There must be other better options that are available now or sooner.

What buildings, PP? Seriously. What apartment building is built now, totally vacant, and owned by someone who is willing to lease it to DC as a homeless shelter, with enough common spaces to accommodate the things that the shelters are incorporating?

There are new buildings going up all the time. Are you suggesting that one of the developers building condos on U Street should offer entire buildings up for shelters?

There are warehouses or abandoned buildings that could be completely overhauled and renovated and ready by mid Summer if they start now.

+1

From my understanding they are only building units without baths and kitchens so that should be more simple to make and able to do more quickly and more reasonably so we can help more of these families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. do you have the stats on how many children in total I've at DC General. Thank you.

600+ in 288 units, give or take.

http://m.wamu.org/#/programs/metro_connection/14/05/30/when_dc_general_is_your_last_best_option

They shouldn't have to wait two years to build buildings to get them out of DC general. There must be other better options that are available now or sooner.

What buildings, PP? Seriously. What apartment building is built now, totally vacant, and owned by someone who is willing to lease it to DC as a homeless shelter, with enough common spaces to accommodate the things that the shelters are incorporating?

There are new buildings going up all the time. Are you suggesting that one of the developers building condos on U Street should offer entire buildings up for shelters?

There are warehouses or abandoned buildings that could be completely overhauled and renovated and ready by mid Summer if they start now.

+1

From my understanding they are only building units without baths and kitchens so that should be more simple to make and able to do more quickly and more reasonably so we can help more of these families.

I meant the above in reference to doing this in warehouses and pre-existing buildings.

[Anonymous]

Also what about purchasing some of these motels and redoing them completely over as permanent housing?

[jsteele]

The Bowser administration just sent a bunch of documents related to the shelters to the Council which put them online. The leases are all there:

http://lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/B21-0620?FromSearchResults=true

Click the "Other Documents" tab.

The lease on the Wisconsin Ave. location is 15 years.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:The Bowser administration just sent a bunch of documents related to the shelters to the Council which put them online. The leases are all there:

http://lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/B21-0620?FromSearchResults=true

Click the "Other Documents" tab.

The lease on the Wisconsin Ave. location is 15 years.

Thanks for posting. Wow that is outrageous that the monthly cost of a "unit" without a bathroom or a kitchen costs this much. They could have a full apartment for that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:The Bowser administration just sent a bunch of documents related to the shelters to the Council which put them online. The leases are all there:

http://lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/B21-0620?FromSearchResults=true

Click the "Other Documents" tab.

The lease on the Wisconsin Ave. location is 15 years.

Thanks for posting. Wow that is outrageous that the monthly cost of a "unit" without a bathroom or a kitchen costs this much. They could have a full apartment for that much.

I was referring to the $3500 per month for the Wisconsin Ave location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

"DC, MoCo and PG are cooperating on a regional approach to address homelessness. Google it."

This regional approach is very good. Of course, it's important not to lose sight of the regional perspective when considering housing availability and prices. There's much handwringing and money being spent about affordable housing in DC. While affordable housing is important, the problem doesn't look so dire when the region is considered more broadly. Cities wax and wane, areas change and some markets remain relatively affordable while others increase in price. As DC neighborhoods gentrify and housing prices rise, parts of PG County remain quite affordable, not far away from DC. Our housing market is regional. By what logic should DC spend millions to keep the same people in the city when there are perfectly good, more affordable market alternatives in the region?

Because despite the regional collaboration, this area is not organized collaboratively like that. DC is one jurisdiction. Montgomery County and PG County have separate departments that deal with housing and homelessness. I don't know about Virginia, but I assume that it's the same way there. DC isn't going to provide subsidized housing to people who are not living in DC. Living in PG County makes you a resident of Maryland, not DC.

I agree that it's pretty ridiculous, but that's the way that it works.

Yet the surrounding VA and MD communities don't have the right-to-shelter laws and as such ultimately end up pushing their homeless to DC. That's a problem.