Posts tagged Affordable Housing
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Can Germany preserve its age-old Christmas markets?
Historians highlight the cultural heritage of Germany’s Christmas markets. The 15-minute grocery craze is hurting urban culture. The Dutch pivot to floating communities. Keep reading…
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This organization wants to help churches build more affordable and “just” housing in the region
A group called Just Homes wants to help churches create more affordable and “just” housing throughout the region. Keep reading…
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National links: The windowless dorm design that made one architect quit in protest
Who needs windows, anyway? A new metro system opens underneath the desert. One developer says building million dollar homes is just simpler. Keep reading…
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Converting office space into housing can be one solution for the region’s housing crisis — but not the only solution
Office to residential conversions are sometimes treated as a panacea, and a reason not to try any of the other many tools we need to use to solve our region’s housing shortage. Keep reading…
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Why not upzoning gentrifying neighborhoods like Langley Park doesn’t prevent displacement
The basic dilemma for affordable but increasingly desirable neighborhoods like Langley Park is that both building housing and preventing housing construction result in prices going up, and existing residents being displaced. Keep reading…
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Homelessness and DC’s housing shortage are part of the same conversation
A lack of affordable housing is a key cause of homelessness in our region. Keep reading…
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Affordable housing eligibility is based on median income — and the 2021 numbers are out for DC
Affordable housing in DC can be built through Inclusionary Zoning, with funding from the Housing Production Trust Fund, or through any of the myriad other programs in the District’s affordable housing toolkit. But all of these programs have one thing in common: their income limits and rental costs are based on a figure called the Median Family Income (MFI). Keep reading…
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DC has never used this tool to purchase buildings for affordable housing. Will new changes put the program to use?
It’s been more than a decade since DC lawmakers sought to add the District Opportunity to Purchase Act as a new tool to preserve affordable housing in the city. But the resulting program has languished ever since, prompting the DC Council to approve legislative fixes last week to facilitate a role for the DC government in purchasing rental buildings and protecting tenants who might otherwise be displaced. Keep reading…
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This bill would create a new tool for DC to expand its dedicated affordable housing stock
A bill, dubbed the Generating Affordability in Neighborhoods (GAIN) Act, would create a program through which landlords could apply for funding. In return, those landlords would establish affordability covenants for some of their units, setting them aside for households making less than 50% of the median family income (MFI), and keeping the rents low. The bill was introduced by DC At-Large Councilmember Robert White. Keep reading…
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An “anti-NIMBY” bill will soon be law in Virginia. Will it have an impact on affordable housing?
In less than six weeks, Virginia will become just the third state in the nation to officially go on the books as saying no to NIMBYs. Keep reading…