Posts by Emma Walker — Advocacy Intern

Emma Walker, born and raised in central New Jersey, is currently a student at American University studying Economics and Sociology. When Emma isn't interning at the GGWash office, she is attempting to improve her latte art at Little Red Fox where she works.

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  What DC can learn from Minneapolis’s plan to allow fourplexes amid detached homes

  HousingBy Emma Walker (Advocacy Intern) July 9, 2018 22

  Minneapolis may legalize construction of house-sized small apartment buildings — fourplexes — in its single-family detached neighborhoods. Their plan could become a nationwide model for solving the urban housing shortage.  Keep reading…

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  #GGWashReads “Evicted,” which puts a human face on a widespread problem

  HousingBy Emma Walker (Advocacy Intern) June 21, 2018 23

  Last week, members of our summer book club discussed the harsh and complicated realities facing tenants and landlords at the bottom of the housing market as we read though Matthew Desmond’s award-winning book, Evicted.  Keep reading…