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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The above were peaceful communities with no issues until the DCHA decided to populated them with people with mental health issues and criminal behavior. DCHA has been destroyed the live of so many people around DC implementing the Housing First policy (no screening for mental health issues or criminal record, in addition to zero support from the DCHA for the mentally ill who got housed.[/quote]

Truth.
My cousin lived on Conn Avenue and had settled down in her apartment while working as an HR Manager and working on her executive masters at Georgetown. Her building changed with DCHA- people wandering halls, pounding on doors, stolen packages, yelling and fights. So much changed and she left it after a police raid, full with gunshots right on her floor following a drug bust.
You can talk all you want about Ward 3 doing its share but the solution lies in really doing the hard work in the other wards, and not importing problems.[/quote]

The problem is that every building in the city could turn to Section 8 overnight and the long-time residents only recourse is to buy a SFH or leave the city. I lived in a large building that went downhill, but it was big enough that it affected the lobby and gym but not my specific hallway, so I felt like I could live there safely until my lease was up. Other neighbors with problem tenants next door or across the hall fled sooner.[/quote]

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