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[quote=Anonymous]As I understand it, Capitol Quarter was built using Hope VI funds which were designed to replace high density public housing (Carrollsburg and Arther Cappers) with mixed income housing, as a pp has described. This program was controversial nationwide because often the public housing residents did not get the opportunity to move back to the neighborhood they were forced to leave. However, one good thing that came out of this particular project is that the seniors who lived in Cappers were moved into a brand new building on the corner of Virginia Ave and 5th (I think it's 5th).

The successor to Hope VI is the Choice Neighborhoods Program which, I have been given to understand, is supposed to involve the public housing community more productively than did Hope VI.  DC has one of nine neighborhoods that received this grant (Parkside-Kenilworth - near the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens).  See links below for more info.

So yes, by law, Capitol Quarter has to have a certain amount of units available below the market rate. The likelihood of a similar project happening the Brent area is not great at the current time.

HUD info on Choice Neighborhoods Program
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/cn

Announcement about Parkside-Kenilworth
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hud-awards-dc-housing-authority-a-300000-choice-neighborhoods-planning-grant-137124293.html[/quote]

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