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Detrice Belt became the chair of the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association, she was a resident at Barry Farm, a Ward 8 public housing community just west of Anacostia. Belt called Barry Farm home for most of her life first, as a teen with her family, and later as a single mom with her daughter and their two dogs. Belt’s Barry Farm townhouse was across the street from her mother’s home, which made it easy for them to share meals, childcare duties, and holidays with family.