Just a couple months after federal investigators found shambolic management and appalling conditions at thousands of public housing units in Washington, D.C, district politicians and activists want to expand the city's housing portfolio with an ambitious "Green New Deal for Housing."
The hope is that with a new office, a more expansive mission, and different branding, the city can build and operate new "social housing" that accomplishes a wide range of social goals while avoiding the pitfalls of the public housing units it currently owns.
