Red Cross to pay apartment fire victims' first month rents.(METROPOLITAN)

Washington Times, The, March, 2008

Byline: Arlo Wagner, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The 82 families forced from their Mount Pleasant apartment building by a devastating fire began moving into more permanent housing yesterday, District officials said.

The roughly 200 residents who have registered for assistance had been staying in hotels in the city or with family and friends since the five-alarm fire destroyed the Winston Apartments and heavily damaged the nearby Meridian Hill Baptist Church March 13. The total damage is estimated at $20 million.

The Red Cross will pay the first month rents, Jo'Ellen Countee, D.C. ...