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Volunteers of America National Services Selected as Developer for New Family Affordable Housing In DC at Historic Site Langston and Slater Schools. ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 20, 2021 The District of Columbia’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development selected Volunteers of America National Services (VOANS) as a member of the development team for a mixed income affordable residential housing project at the historic Langston & Slater Schools in Ward 5. The completed project will provide new rental and for-sale units. VOANS, in partnership with like-minded, mission-driven nonprofits including, Douglas Community Land Trust, Habitat for Humanity, Volunteers of America…

In 1896, when social reformers Ballington and Maud Booth founded Volunteers of America, it was for the same mission that the organization maintains today—to serve the country’s most vulnerable and needy populations.