D.C. Housing Authority Archives - The Washington Informer

Pearl B. Settles: Ward 7’s Queen of ‘The Hill’

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 9, 2026February 9, 2026

Pearl B. Settles, a Ward 7 civic leader and youth advocate, is remembered 40 years after her death for her work in creating a clean and safe community, and her legacy continues through her daughter Karen Settles and the Pearl B. Settles Way street naming.

After much deliberation over the 2025 supplemental budget, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other local officials present their fiscal 2026 budget proposal, dubbed "Grow D.C.," at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on May 27. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

In Budget Proposals, D.C. Mayor Bowser Looks to the Future

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

A squatter’s camp near Union Station in D.C. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)

DCPS Uses Connected Schools Model to Tackle Homelessness

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 8, 2024October 8, 2024

**FILE** Ward 8 Council member Trayon White is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor on June 21. (WI photo)

Collins Council Report: The Return from Summer Recess

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. September 17, 2024December 11, 2025

Paulette Matthews, vice president of the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association (Courtesy photo)

DC Housing Authority Attempts to Build Public Trust

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. March 22, 2023March 31, 2023

**FILE** D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Bowser, Mendelson Facilitate Overhaul of DCHA

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson (Courtesy photo)

D.C. Council Postpones Action on City’s Embattled Housing Authority

by WI Web Staff December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

**FILE** D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Leaders Float Bill to Overhaul City’s Housing Authority Board

by WI Web Staff December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

**FILE** Kenyan McDuffie, who represents Ward 5 on the D.C. Council, is seeking to become the next District attorney general. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

McDuffie Raps D.C. Housing Authority After ‘Disturbing’ Fed Report

by WI Web Staff October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

**FILE** Kenyan McDuffie, who represents Ward 5 on the D.C. Council, is seeking to become the next District attorney general. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

McDuffie Alarmed by ‘Disturbing’ Federal Report on D.C. Housing Agency

by WI Web Staff October 11, 2022October 11, 2022