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UrbanTurf: The Severity of Displacement in DC: By the Numbers

Editor Apr 15, 2019

A study that was recently released by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition stating that Washington, DC experienced the most intense gentrification and displacement of any city since 2000 has gained a lot of traction. Now, the…

WAMU: D.C.’s Public Housing Stock Requires $2.2 Billion In Repairs, Housing Authority Says

Editor Apr 13, 2019

Years of neglect have led to a maintenance crisis in D.C.’s public housing. And as Congress and the Trump administration battle over large proposed cuts to the federal budget for affordable housing, the D.C. Housing Authority has asked…

Washington Post: ‘Where’s the affordable housing for us?’ D.C. employees see homes out of reach

Editor Apr 11, 2019

As a third-grade teacher for D.C. Public Schools, Gary Hamilton wanted to be part of the community beyond his classroom.

Bisnow: Capital City Plans 74-Unit Condo Project Near Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station

Editor Apr 10, 2019

A new for-sale multifamily development is planned near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station, continuing the expansion of Northeast D.C.'s condo market.

WTOP: Does DC area have room for 100K more housing units than currently planned?

Editor Apr 10, 2019

The D.C. area has the room to handle housing for all the new jobs and workers expected to arrive over the next 26 years, according a Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments study.

Bisnow: Third Generation Of D.C. Real Estate Family Sells Most Of Its D.C. Portfolio, Shifts To…

Editor Apr 9, 2019

As the D.C. market attracts a growing flow of institutional capital, it is becoming more difficult for family real estate companies to compete for deals.

Jesse Van Tol in The Post: Yes, you can gentrify a neighborhood without pushing out poor people

Editor Apr 8, 2019

When rich people move in, they often displace residents. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

WAMU: ‘Slumlords’ Have A New Foe: D.C.’s Attorney General

Editor Apr 8, 2019

Karl Racine is going after bad landlords, and housing advocates are happy to see it.

Bisnow: Union Market Welcomes New Wave Of Apartments, Restaurants

Editor Apr 5, 2019

The popular Union Market food hall in Northeast D.C. has drawn a host of new restaurants to the surrounding area over the last year, and developers hope it will soon attract hundreds of new apartment renters to the neighborhood.

District government

Prior to implementing a decade-old law with new powers to preserve affordable housing, DC government…

Noah Telerski Apr 5, 2019

While there is more rental housing in the District of Columbia today than a decade ago, the share of units available for less than $1,000 per month has shrunk from 69 percent to 34 percent. As the DC government works to preserve and grow…

D.C. Policy Center: The rise and demise of racially restrictive covenants in Bloomingdale

Editor Apr 4, 2019

In February 1944 Clara Mays, an African American federal government employee, purchased a three-story rowhouse in the Bloomingdale neighborhood, just north of Florida Avenue, close to Howard University.

Ann Friedman in The Post: D.C. needs to support public housing

Editor Apr 4, 2019

In his March 30 op-ed, “Is D.C. headed for a ’90s-style crisis?,” Colbert I. King scrutinized D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) fiscal 2020 proposed budget and questioned sustainability in an uncertain future. The budget should also be…

DCRA Announces Enforcement and Consumer Protection Enhancements

Press Release Apr 1, 2019

DCRA Announces Enforcement and Consumer Protection Enhancements (WASHINGTON, DC) – The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) is launching a series of efforts to strengthen consumer protection by streamlining its housing…

UrbanTurf: Two Large Rental Buildings Hit the Market in Petworth

Editor Apr 1, 2019

Two large residential buildings are hitting the market in Petworth.

Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on New Housing at the Parks at Walter Reed

Press Release Mar 29, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 29, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Chanda Washington (DMPED) Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on New Housing at the Parks at Walter Reed The Brooks and Vale Buildings Will Deliver 390…

City Paper: A Brief Interview with Anita Bonds

Editor Mar 28, 2019

Before now, the D.C. Council housing committee chair had never agreed to a sit-down interview with Housing Complex.

UrbanTurf: 96-Unit Apartment Project Opens on the Edge of Georgetown

Editor Mar 27, 2019

It has been years since a new large-scale residential project opened its doors in Georgetown, but that recently changed.

Washington Business Journal: Luxury Shaw condos on site of razed church hitting the market

Editor Mar 26, 2019

The luxury condos that took the place of Shaw's Scripture Cathedral Church will soon go on sale.

Bisnow: Long-Planned West Heating Plant Redevelopment Files New Zoning Application

Editor Mar 22, 2019

The team behind Georgetown's West Heating Plant project is approaching the latest in a series of hurdles in its six-year effort to redevelop the World War II-era plant.

Washington Post: Disabled residents in the D.C. region face obstacles when searching for housing,…

Editor Mar 20, 2019

On a sunny afternoon on the first day of spring, Deepa Goraya opened her laptop and sat at her dining-room table in the bright D.C. condominium she has never seen.

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