Mayor Bowser Joins POAH and DCHA to Celebrate Ribbon Cutting and Groundbreaking at Barry Farm

First two buildings in the redevelopment of the historically significant Barry Farm-Hillsdale community

Washington, DC - POAH leaders were joined by Mayor Muriel Bowser (center), the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) and the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) to cut the ribbon on POAH's first construction in the Barry Farm redevelopment in Southeast DC. The Asberry is a mixed-use building with 108 units of affordable rental housing with a preference for those aged 55+. The group also broke ground for the neighboring Edmonson, the future affordable 139-unit mixed-use property. Read the press release

The Barry Farm redevelopment is one of POAH's eight completed or future revitalizations underway in major urban areas across the country. With modern affordable apartments, revitalized neighborhoods and resident success programs, they are a blueprint for how to do it right.

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They chart their paths to success through Community Impact opportunities offered at their property - job training, financial literacy classes, personal coaching, and volunteer opportunities, dedicating themselves to achieve that personal dream over several months or years. Their stories are marked by boundless enthusiasm and an optimism rooted in the belief in their own abilities. We celebrate each of them for their dedication, their hard work and their commitment to realize that dream.

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HUD GRRP grants to POAH total close to $65M

Photo - POAH Asset Management and site staff at Crestview Village/Woodlen Place in Missouri accept checks that brought to $64.58M the amount of funding POAH has received to perform green retrofits to benefit1,605 apartments in 18 properties. photo courtesy of HUD Great Plains

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POAH breaks ground on development that will accommodate a range of household incomes on Cape Cod

POAH and partner Community Development Partnership (CDP) broke ground on the Residences at Lawrence Hill, an affordable housing community that will feature 46 affordable, sustainably designed rental apartments for low- and moderate-income families in a highly desirable town on Cape Cod.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Leveraging Transportation Resources for Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Production

by Cory Fellows

POAH Vice President, Real Estate Development

Cory Fellows (second from right) explained how POAH created a transit oriented development in Boston - the Loop at Mattapan Station (pictured in the background) at a panel hosted by HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research in Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of HUD photographer Jennifer Miller

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