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2 days ago | 
qz.com | Hannah Parker
Sales for new single-family homes are on the decline. Last month, sales dropped by 13.7% compared to April. This brought sales down from 722,000 in April to 623,000 in May, according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Suggested ReadingNew home sales in May were also 6.3% lower than the year prior in May 2024. Rising housing costs likely contributed to the decline.
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2 days ago | 
qz.com | Hannah Parker
Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesHigh housing costs coupled with high interest rates are pricing the average American out of the housing market, causing the lowest level of home sales in 30 years, according to a new study from Harvard University.
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2 months ago | 
afro.com | Hannah Parker
The program is funded by a tax paid by participating D.C. businesses and nonprofits. First, check with your employer to see if they pay into it. After 15 months of debate in 2016, D.C. became one of just a handful of jurisdictions nationwide to offer paid time off to care for a family member or oneself.
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2 months ago | 
eltiempolatino.com | Hannah Parker |Teresa Frontado
Después de15 meses de debate en 2016, DC se convirtió en una de las pocas jurisdicciones del país en ofrecer tiempo libre remunerado para cuidar de un familiar o de uno mismo.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
51st.news | Martin Austermuhle |Colleen Grablick |Hannah Parker |Teresa Frontado
DCish — 8 min read At the 51st, we're all about community and spending time around people who make your world brighter, happier, and healthier. But we also understand that sometimes, you just end up alone (whether by choice or circumstance), looking for something to do. We've rounded up some of our favorite ways to spend time by ourselves in D.C. We know ...
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
51st.news | Martin Austermuhle |Hannah Parker |Teresa Frontado |Colleen Grablick
Welcome to our revamped Civics Roundup! We worried this was getting lost at the bottom of our Thursday newsletter, so we're giving it a new home that we hope will make it easier to share and use throughout the week. Each week, we list some ways to get engaged in the city – whether that’s protesting, organizing with your neighbors, or testifying before your councilmembers. For more ways to get connected, check out our resources roundup.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
51st.news | Martin Austermuhle |Colleen Grablick |Hannah Parker |Teresa Frontado
“How many gun shops does D.C. have?”It was something of a trick question, but Lamont Mitchell was trying to make a point. “I don’t know the answer,” conceded Ed Martin, the interim U.S. Attorney for D.C.“It’s none,” responded Mitchell, the chairman of the Anacostia Coordinating Council, a 42-year-old community organization that seeks to revitalize neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
51st.news | Martin Austermuhle |Colleen Grablick |Hannah Parker |Teresa Frontado
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a bill expressing the chamber’s resolute opposition to energy conservation regulations for commercial refrigerators and freezers. What the august legislators did not do, though, is much of anything to resolve a problem they created in D.C.’s local finances.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
51st.news | Hannah Parker |Christina Sturdivant Sani |George Kevin Jordan |Eduardo R. Ferrer
📝Opinion essays published by The 51st represent the views of their authors, and not of The 51st or any of its editors or reporters. Submissions may be sent to [email protected]. Since retaking office, President Donald Trump has floated an executive order cracking down on crime in D.C., told reporters the federal government “should take over” the city due to crime, and called on Mayor Muriel Bowser to clear homeless encampments to increase safety.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
51st.news | Eduardo R. Ferrer |Christina Sturdivant Sani |George Kevin Jordan |Hannah Parker
After 15 months of debate in 2016, D.C. became one of just a handful of jurisdictions nationwide to offer paid time off to care for a family member or oneself. Proponents of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act said the program — which is funded by a tax paid by participating D.C. businesses and nonprofits — would help small organizations offer similar paid time off to that of some larger companies, as well as allow part-time and contract workers access to the benefit.
