Mayor Bowser and Affordable Housing: Do the Dollars Soar as High as the Rhetoric?
The Mayor, speaking at a senior town hall: “One thing I have learned is we talk about adding more affordable housing… But sometimes when it comes down to individual products our actions as communities and neighborhoods don’t match our concern for affordable housing… The issue of homelessness is an all eight wards problem. The same is true for affordability. We all have to be a part of the solution.” The Mayor released her first budget proposal of her second term in office this week. After months of saying that DC needs to build 36,000 units...
read moreWe Must Be Sticks in a Bundle
Add your voice to those calling for a racially and economically just DC budget this year, and follow #PutPeopleFirst on Twitter for updates as this important work moves forward!
read moreWith 84% of DC’s public housing stock in serious disrepair, we are at a crossroads
It is important that, when developing its options for resolving this crisis, that the DC Housing Authority consider the important and distinct role that public housing plays in DC’s housing ecosystem.
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We Need Fair Budget Coalition’s Work Now More Than Ever
If you believe, like we do, in the power of people’s stories and the importance of their voice, we hope you will consider responding to Fair Budget’s campaign to ensure that this community engagement work will continue.
read moreMayor Bowser Has a Critical Campaign Promise Left to Keep
We reflect on the fact that closing DC General was never the only, or even the most important, promise Mayor Bowser made to families experiencing homelessness. Only when all DC families have safe and secure housing will DC have ended family homelessness.
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