In today’s rundown: Affordable, green housing may be coming to D.C.’s Ward 8. | The deadline for Virginia residents to register to vote is approaching. | And a profile of a single mother who struggles to raise her family on a middle class income.
— The region’s first affordable, green housing may be built in D.C.’s Ward 8, if a coalition of developers, community activists and financial institutions have their way. They want to renovate Wheeler Terrace by creating LEED Gold certified healthy living spaces while retaining Section 8 affordability, reports WAMU.
— Virginia residents who want to vote in next month’s election have until October 12 to register or update voter information. Voters can register at Department of Motor Vehicle centers or their local registrar’s office. They can check their voter status or find polling places at www.sbe.virginia.gov. For further information they can call 1-800-552-9745.
— As part of a series on the struggling middle class, NPR profiles a single mother who says that raising her family on a middle class income is a “juggling act.”
