by Marlene Berlin From 2014 to 2016, the DC Office of Planning worked with residents, UDC, and community and business leaders in Van Ness to come up with a framework for development, commerce and sustainability. Chevy Chase is going through a similar process now. Community members are being asked to engage in shaping priorities for […]
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Help us count the backyard and basement apartments in Ward 3
To spare you the long introduction: We are doing a survey! Do you have an ADU? In the process of adding one? We’re trying to get a count of how many ADUs exist or will soon in Ward 3. You’ll find the survey here and below. Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, seem to be having […]
Affordable housing in Ward 3: How do we get there from here? Our q&a with ANC 3F commissioner David Cristeal
Get ready to hear more about housing affordability in Ward 3 in the coming years. That’s in part because of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 2019 Housing Initiative, which set a goal of building 12,000 units of affordable housing in the District by 2025, and nearly 2,000 of them in the “Rock Creek West” planning area, which […]
Upcoming panels: Housing homeless families and the “invisible walls” around Ward 3
We want to bring your attention to a couple of upcoming panels on housing availability and affordability. At noon on Thursday, October 8th, Friendship Place is partnering with NYU to present a virtual panel on housing solutions for families facing with homelessness. With public radio host Ray Suarez moderating: Panelists will discuss the journey a […]
Wanted: A housing policy that centers racial equity (Opinion)
by Kesh Ladduwahetty Ward 3 has come under particular scrutiny recently for its egregious lack of affordable housing, as well it should. But the Mayor’s proposal to address the issue, which the DC Council has very slightly modified, has carefully avoided the 800-pound gorilla: racism. In failing to define the actual problem, they have failed […]