Westwood Tower Apartment

October 28, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Housing Opportunities Commission To Appeal Decision Favoring Black Cemetery

The Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County will appeal a County Circuit Court’s decision to temporarily halt the sale of Westwood Tower Apartments in Bethesda. The property includes a parking lot that sits atop the former Moses Cemetery. Members of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition filed suit to stop what they consider the desecration of […]

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September 3, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

County’s Sale of Land Home to Onetime Black Cemetery Temporarily Blocked by Court

The Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission‘s sale of Westwood Tower Apartments in Bethesda is on hold until at least Sept. 27, following the issuance of a temporary restraining order by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Karla Smith this week. A small part of the land on Westbard Avenue is believed to be the former site […]

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