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Author: Elena Sorokina
CSG in the News: Traffic fatalities in DC drop more than 50% in 2025, Attorney General says
“We’re supportive of these kinds of efforts to ensure that drivers who are being dangerous and careless are accountable. And so we appreciate that out of the STEER act,” Cheryl Cort with the Coalition for Smarter Growth said.
However, Cort and other advocates said enforcement alone isn’t enough. They said that long-term safety improvements must also include better street design.
Be a part of preserving Alexandria’s affordable housing
Alexandria’s Office of Housing is requesting feedback on its draft Affordable Housing Preservation Recommendations and Strategies as part of the city’s Housing 2040 initiative.
Event materials: How New Housing Affects Affordability. Virtual Screening + Q&A with Justine Underhill
This online event focused on the impacts of luxury housing on affordability. We screened “What Luxury Housing Does to Homelessness,” followed by a Q&A with its creator, Falls Church City Councilmember Justine Underhill. Justine is known for her dynamic video series simplifying complex housing concepts with research and engaging graphics. The discussion explored the connections between homelessness, affordability, and new housing, with a regional focus on Northern Virginia, where Justine is an elected official.
Here are a few of the materials we discussed:
- Video: What Luxury Housing Does to Homelessness
- Check out Justine’s website to see her other videos and get in touch
- For further reading: More Flexible Zoning Helps Contain Rising Rents
- The Effect of New Market-Rate Housing Construction on the Low-Income Housing Market
- Supply Skepticism Revisited
Release: New DC region transportation plan misses the mark on our climate change, safety, and affordability challenges
Despite a 2021 TPB resolution to do a vastly different and improved plan, this new Visualize 2050 plan fails to move the needle in helping the region use safer, more affordable and sustainable transportation modes.
Support for major upzoning for more homes in Friendship Heights and Tenleytown Metro station areas (DC)
Support for Zoning Case No. 25-13 — Proposed Zoning Text and Map Amendments to create and map – new Wisconsin Avenue Mixed Use zones for Friendship Heights and Tenleytown Metro station areas
Press Release: CSG Commends Council’s Approval of the University Boulevard Corridor Plan
The Coalition for Smarter Growth thanks the Montgomery County Council for voting today to pass the University Boulevard Corridor Plan.
Webinar: Maryland housing needs & solutions
Join us December 8 for a conversation about two important housing reports—and where we go from here
Beyond Luxury: How New Housing Affects Affordability. Virtual Screening + Q&A with Justine Underhill
Join us as we explore this question through a virtual screening of the video, What Luxury Housing Does to Homelessness, followed by a Q&A with creator and Falls Church City Councilmember Justine Underhill.
Testimony: Support for rezoning the RiverHouse site to enable transit-oriented infill development (VA)
We are testifying in support of rezoning the RiverHouse site to enable compact, pedestrian-friendly and transit-oriented infill development.