Standing Their Ground. (cover story)

URBANIZATION; AFRICAN Americans; FAMILIES; HOUSE buying; HOUSING -- Law & legislation; THOMAS, Deborah; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.

Discusses the effect of urbanization on an African American neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Increase in the number of working families spending more than half of their income on housing according to a 2005 study conducted by the Center for Housing Policy; Impact of the Alley Dwelling Act of 1934 and the federal Housing Act of 1949 on the landscape of Georgetown; Efforts of Deborah Thomas, board member of the Capital Manor Cooperative Association, to fight for her business.