Museum Square is surrounded by luxury apartments on all sides, costing upwards of $2,000 for a studio apartment. Residents here pay an average of $400, partially paid with Title XIII vouchers.
Jenny Tang, an activist and resident in the building, leans against the security window as she enters her building. Because Bush Companies wants to remove residents, they are often unresponsive to any issues in the building, including violence from
"That red building there," Tang said, gesturing outside of her window. "It used to be a black person’s restaurant. Maybe they will say similar about our building one day… When Mayor Bowser started her administration, she mentioned to help the h
“They said a whole lot of things – we had to move. They wanted the apartment. But I’ve been here too long - 18 years. They sent letters to us. Some of them moved. But we still hanging on, we still staying," shared Ms. Knight, 84, sitting in her one-
Notes from attempted deliveries to empty homes are plastered to many doors throughout Museum Square. In court it was argued that Bush Companies purposefully sent demolition notices - complicated legal documents - in English to residents who did not
"White people moved in, and black people moved out," Jian Zi-Ying, 70, said while shuffling through documents verifying his eligibility to live in Museum Square. He is 70 and has witnessed the changes in Washington, D.C. throughout the last dec
Zi-Ying keeps a small collection of flags, photographs, and tokens from his family, who live now near New York City now. "I've been happy living in Museum Square, and I plan to live here much longer," he said.
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Museum Square is surrounded by luxury apartments on all sides, costing upwards of $2,000 for a studio apartment. Residents here pay an average of $400, partially paid with Title XIII vouchers.
Museum Square is surrounded by luxury apartments on all sides, costing upwards of $2,000 for a studio apartment. Residents here pay an average of $400, partially paid with Title XIII vouchers.
Jenny Tang, an activist and resident in the building, leans against the security window as she enters her building. Because Bush Companies wants to remove residents, they are often unresponsive to any issues in the building, including violence from
Jenny Tang, an activist and resident in the building, leans against the security window as she enters her building. Because Bush Companies wants to remove residents, they are often unresponsive to any issues in the building, including violence from security guards. "Security guards always pick on the residents that speak no English," Tang said. "(One) picked up a tenant last year - he tackled him to the ground. He was not working for two weeks. And because he didn't speak English."
"That red building there," Tang said, gesturing outside of her window. "It used to be a black person’s restaurant. Maybe they will say similar about our building one day… When Mayor Bowser started her administration, she mentioned to help the h
"That red building there," Tang said, gesturing outside of her window. "It used to be a black person’s restaurant. Maybe they will say similar about our building one day… When Mayor Bowser started her administration, she mentioned to help the homeless and the low-income, but she did not help.”
“They said a whole lot of things – we had to move. They wanted the apartment. But I’ve been here too long - 18 years. They sent letters to us. Some of them moved. But we still hanging on, we still staying," shared Ms. Knight, 84, sitting in her one-
“They said a whole lot of things – we had to move. They wanted the apartment. But I’ve been here too long - 18 years. They sent letters to us. Some of them moved. But we still hanging on, we still staying," shared Ms. Knight, 84, sitting in her one-bedroom apartment she shares with a live-in nurse.
Notes from attempted deliveries to empty homes are plastered to many doors throughout Museum Square. In court it was argued that Bush Companies purposefully sent demolition notices - complicated legal documents - in English to residents who did not
Notes from attempted deliveries to empty homes are plastered to many doors throughout Museum Square. In court it was argued that Bush Companies purposefully sent demolition notices - complicated legal documents - in English to residents who did not have the means to understand them.
"White people moved in, and black people moved out," Jian Zi-Ying, 70, said while shuffling through documents verifying his eligibility to live in Museum Square. He is 70 and has witnessed the changes in Washington, D.C. throughout the last dec
"White people moved in, and black people moved out," Jian Zi-Ying, 70, said while shuffling through documents verifying his eligibility to live in Museum Square. He is 70 and has witnessed the changes in Washington, D.C. throughout the last decade.  
Zi-Ying keeps a small collection of flags, photographs, and tokens from his family, who live now near New York City now. "I've been happy living in Museum Square, and I plan to live here much longer," he said.
Zi-Ying keeps a small collection of flags, photographs, and tokens from his family, who live now near New York City now. "I've been happy living in Museum Square, and I plan to live here much longer," he said.
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