Strand Theater redevelopment rendering courtesy of The NHP Foundation For more than a year, DC Housing Enterprises, a subsidiary of the District’s Housing Authority, had $6 million in federal tax credits set aside to help redevelop the Strand Theater, a historic, now-abandoned movie theater that was once a focal point for Deanwood’s Black community. Officials want to turn the space into a restaurant with an arts and entertainment program. But in mid-December, DCHE asked the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners for permission to direct those tax credits to a hospital project not in the District, but in Los Angeles.