Housing News Section

DC Housing Reports

The District's Housing Production Trust Fund Has Developed Thousands of Affordable Units Since FY2001 - (4/19/07) A Joint report by the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development and the DC Fiscal Policy Institute

Victory for Lower-Income Homebuyers: DC City Council amends Inclusionary Zoning legislation to allow lower-income homebuyers the opportunity to build equity.

2006 Fannie Mae Report on Housing in DC - This annual report gives updated housing statistics and general policy recommendations.

Nonprofit Affordable Housing Developer, Manna, Inc., responds to DC Fiscal Policy Institute's study on long-term affordability vs. opportunities to build equity. (10/4/06) - Is it good City policy to severely restrict the benefits of lower-income homebuyers?

Homes for an Inclusive City: A Comprehensive Housing Strategy for Washington, DC - New Report which includes recommendations by the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force (1/31/06)

What's in the FY2007 Budget for Affordable Housing? by DC Fiscal Policy Institute

Housing in the Nation's Capitol 2006, a yearly report prepared by the Fannie Mae Foundation and the Urban Institute

Prayer Action in Support of a Moral Budget - Manna, Inc.'s founder, Rev. Jim Dickerson, joined 115 other religious leaders who knelt in prayer on the steps of the Cannon House Office Building to protest the Congressional budget and to stand in solidarity with our nation's low income neighbors and friends. They were arrested by Capitol Police.

DC Housing News Articles

Articles
Subject Link to Article
ABAAH DC Groups Victorious in Saving Cooperative from HUD Foreclosure (6/22/07)
  Save Sayles Place Cooperative from HUD Foreclosure (5/30/07)
  ABAAH Gets Active Through Leadership Training
  Victory for Lower-Income Homebuyers with Inclusionary Zoning
Manna, Inc. Black middle class tries to help - A post from InShaw blog (4/11/07)
  Can 'Gentrifying' Cities Create New Bridges to Wealth? (3/25/07)
  Inclusionary Zoning Program is Approved (12/22/06)
  Home Buyers' Patience, Persistence About to Pay Off (11/21/06)
  Manna Helps First-Time Homebuyers (4/6/06)
  What's Working: Manna Homebuyers Club (video from NBC4; 4/5/06)
General Housing News 'Atrocious' NW Conditions Lead to Criminal Complaint (9/7/07)
  Envisioning City Life Along the Rivers (8/20/07)
  Raise the Roofs: A Bill to Construct More Affordable Housing Units (7/30/07)
  Affordable Housing: Mayor Hopes for $117 Million Yearly (7/17/07)
  The (Unaffordable) House We All Live In (7/20/07)
  Condo Living: Rising in the East (6/27/07)
  Putting Faith in Affordable Housing (6/23/07)
  Barry Pushes Housing Measures: Rent-Control Plan Among D.C. Bills (6/1/07)
  HUD Set to Auction SE Complex Despite Current Residents' Offer (5/21/07)
  Trust Fund Makes Headway, Report Says: Program Gets Credit for 5,000 Units That Have Been Completed or Approved (4/20/07)
  The House Rediscovers Housing: Democrats' Cause is Tempered by Political Realties - A Post article on Congress's first new investment in housing in 12 years (4/9/07)
  Back to Level (1/12/07)
  At the Sursum Corda Housing Project, a Standoff Awaits the Mayor-Elect (11/14/06)
  Split Aired on Development Guidelines (9/27/06)
Fair Housing D.C. Tenants Move from Building in Fear (12/10/06)
  For Latino Immigrants, a Stake in the Dream (10/8/06)
  Most Blacks, Hispanics in Area Own Homes (10/3/06)
  District Redevelopment Hurts Poor, Voters Say (7/28/06)
  "Gentrifying" for Everybody? (6/12/06)
Predatory Lending U.S. Housing Aid Needed, Schumer Says (4/11/07)
  Moderate-Income Homebuyers Hit by Predatory Lenders - This article mentions Councilmember Mary Cheh's new bill to prevent predatory loan practices. (4/3/07)
Budget and Housing Forum Calls on Fenty to Remember Needy: Residents, Advocates Discuss Priorities (3/25/07)
  Council Approves Increase for Policy, Housing - This was an enormous victory for housing advocates in DC! (5/10/06)
Rent Supplement Making a Dent in Homelessness: D.C. Rent Act Aims to Reduce List of 52,000 Waiting for Aid - About the Rent Supplement program that advocates worked for in response to dwindling federal funds for housing vouchers (3/8/06)