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*This project was supported with funds from the Pulitzer Center and Spotlight DC. We co-published this story with the Washington City Paper on Friday, August 18, 2023.

When teacher’s aide Elizabeth Hall first purchased her home in Capitol View, a neighborhood located on the eastern edge of D.C., she was excited to become one of the first members of her family to own property she could pass down to future generations… Read the full story.

For more on flooding in D.C., listen to WAMU’s interview with Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe, Hola Cultura’s assistant editor and host of “The Climate Divide.”

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