Category: Affordable Housing

DC Event: What’s the future vision for how Ward 3 and DC will grow & change?

DC Event: What’s the future vision for how Ward 3 and DC will grow & change?

Posted on by Cheryl Cort
photo by Cheryl Cort

This event was a discussion with DC Office of Planning to learn about DC 2050, District’s next Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map.

April 27, 2026, 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library

Speakers: Nick Kushner, Senior Cross-Systems Planner, DC Office of Planning

Radhika Mohan, Deputy Director, DC Office of Planning

Ellen McCarthy, Moderator, Ward3Vision

DC Office of Planning staff presented the planning process to date, and discussed proposed changes for the Future Land Use Map. DC 2050 will guide where and how we build new housing, grow job opportunities, and connect neighborhoods. DC 2050 aims to align land use policies and investments to make the District more equitable, affordable, and resilient. See DC 2050.

This event was co-sponsored by CSG, Ward3Vision, and Cleveland Park Smart Growth.

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Attention Ward 4: Dance Loft’s affordable housing & arts project needs your help to win ANC 4E support 3/24

Attention Ward 4: Dance Loft’s affordable housing & arts project needs your help to win ANC 4E support 3/24

Posted on by Elena Sorokina

Dance Loft on 14, approved three years ago, is an exciting Ward 4 mixed-use development that includes affordable housing, a performing arts center, retail space, and net-zero energy design. But it encountered delays due to the city’s unprecedented crisis in affordable housing funding.

Guest blog: Dance Loft on 14 survived DC’s affordable housing meltdown. ANC 4E shouldn’t let it die now.

Posted on by Elena Sorokina

After three years of financial limbo caused by DC’s affordable housing funding crisis, Dance Loft on 14’s exciting mixed-use development in Ward 4 finally has a path forward. But it needs ANC 4E’s support to get there, and the commissioners who will decide its fate weren’t in office when the project was originally approved.

Testimony — Support for Increases to Maryland DHCD Capital Budget

Posted on by Carrie Kisicki

The work of DHCD and affordable housing practitioners is essential to address these housing needs. DHCD currently has 70+ affordable housing projects in its funding pipeline. The state is a critical partner on these projects, and this budget decision will determine how many of these projects are able to move forward.

Testimony: Support for the 2026 Maryland Housing and Transit Opportunity Act (TOD Bill)

Posted on by Carrie Kisicki

Transit-oriented development (TOD) plays a critical role in addressing two key Maryland challenges: housing and transportation. Workers and families benefit from expanded transportation and housing options and greater affordability through TOD.

Testimony: Support for DHCD Operating Budget Request (MD)

Posted on by Carrie Kisicki

We urge you to support DHCD’s operating funding requests. Montgomery County and Prince George’s County are each facing housing shortages that disproportionately harm low-income households. To meet the urgency and scale of our housing need, DHCD and practitioners must be fully supported and able to operate at full capacity.