Archive: Affordable Housing
Basket Half Empty
In light of the budget woes the city is facing, a collection of about 40 affordable housing advocates gathered at the John A. Wilson Building this morning to walk the halls distributing half empty baskets of food to D.C. Council members. The idea, said Martina Gillis, advocacy coordinator for the...
By David A Nakamura | May 7, 2008; 11:18 AM ET | Comments (0)
Is It Affordable or Is It Not?
The District will soon begin scrutinizing developers who get public land or public financing to make sure they actually keep their promises to build affordable housing, as well as to hire District residents during construction, contract local minority-owned businesses and meet environmental standards. A bill, sponsored by Council Member Kwame...
By Sylvia Moreno | April 2, 2008; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
D.C. Housing Market Woes
The District of Columbia Housing Monitor for Winter 2008, released today, confirms what one might expect, given the national economic woes, the mortgage crisis and the District's own issues with affordable housing. The report findings: condo and home sales are down; single-family home prices are down; and new housing construction...
By Sylvia Moreno | March 26, 2008; 07:01 AM ET | Comments (10)
