Media Alert May 21, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 ‘Still Homeless’ – DECAA testifies on end of COVID Services “Homeless people housed in hotels are still homeless,” says Dan Casey, until recently homeless and a member of Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA). He will testify Friday, May 21, at the DC Council hearing […]
Category: Affordable Housing
Media release May 17, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 Social Housing Enters Pages of Comp Plan DECAA Zoom – May 17, 7 pm The District's affordable housing crisis has spurred renewed interest in social housing as an alternative to Mayor Bowser's #Build,Build,Build policy, which, it seems, will never provide housing for those who need it […]
DC Grassroots Planning Coalition (DCGPC) emphasizes needed changes to the #DCCOMPPLAN before any final vote is taken. The DCGPC is asking supporters to write and call the City Council to support these last key planning issues to stop the further racial inequity in growth and the displacement of more Black and Brown families from the […]
Wardman Hotel Strategy Team For release: May 5, 2021 Contact: Gail Sonnemann, 202-286-0845, gsonnemann@gmail.com A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity Converting the Wardman to Affordable Housing The recent bankruptcy of the former Marriott Wardman Park Hotel on Connecticut Avenue, NW, in upper northwest, DC, has stimulated much discussion about converting the 1,100-room facility into affordable housing. […]
———- Forwarded message ———From: <dc@grassrootsplanning.us>Date: Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 6:30 PMSubject: Alert: Racist DC Comp Plan: DISPLACEMENT EMERGENCY Sat Apr 23 1pm to 3pm [please share] [please excuse any double-posts] Dear Good DC residents! WE WERE RIGHT — The Mayor's proposed changes to the Comprehensive Plan ARE RACIST! Attached find the […]
What is the latest at DC Housing Authority? “I plead the Fifth.” March 30, 2021 If you are not following the happenings over at D.C. Housing Authority—the independent agency responsible for the city’s public housing and one of D.C.’s biggest landlords—you should be. The latest development is that a senior vice president within the agency […]
For Immediate Release Tuesday, March 30, 2021Contact: Gail Sonnemann, (202) 286-0845, gsonnemann@gmail.com Cheh, Trueblood Asked to Halt Development Study Residents Say Friendship Heights’ Contract ‘lllegitimate’ The Ward 3 Housing Justice Working Group (W3HJWG), a new organization working for affordable housing in Ward 3, urges Council Member Mary Cheh and Director Andrew Trueblood of the DC […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington, DC Shifts Toward Jim Crow Economy Census-Tract Analysis Show Major Declines In Black Median Household Income info@southwestvoicedc.com | swvoicedc.com One-third of neighborhoods in Washington, DC saw a decline in Black median household income. Based on US Census tract four-year averages between 2010-2014 and 2015-2019, 48 out of 143 Census tracts […]
For Immediate Release Monday, March 15, 2021 Contact: Southwest DC Action swdcaction@gmail.com (202) 964-0620 Jemal Project Fails Affordable Housing Test; ANC in Apparent Conflict Asks Zoning Vote Delay This Thursday, March 18, the DC Zoning Commission will vote on a proposed development project by Douglas Development (Zoning Commission Case #20-34) in Southwest DC to turn […]
Opinion: D.C.’s build-build-build mind-set results in more gentrification Opinion by Christopher Williams, Renee Bowser and Paul Johnson March 12, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. EST Christopher Williams is a member of Southwest Voice and the Friends of Buzzard Point Steering Committee. Renee Bowser is 4D02 advisory neighborhood commissioner. Paul Johnson is 4C07 advisory neighborhood commissioner. They are members […]