D.C. made a mess of housing the poor. Mayor’s latest move won’t help.
by D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser aimed at changing the governing board has advocates for public housing residents worried — and that should raise our collective concern.Bowser and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson have proposed legislation that calls for dissolving the Housing Authority’s 13-member board and replacing it with seven people who would be appointed by the mayor.
“I hope it’s not a move to silence dissension,” Desai said. “This is a time when we need all hands on deck with DCHA. I think more voices are better, not worse.” “The HUD report highlighted the need for more transparency, this bill breeds further distrust,” reads a letter signed by Rhonda Cunningham Holmes, the executive director for the Legal Counsel for the Elderly. The letter, which will be sent to D.C. Council members on Monday, urges them to oppose the legislation and calls for “thoughtful reform, not rushed changes without proper consideration of all the consequences.
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