Category: District of Columbia

Event: Making the numbers work — How affordable housing is financed in DC

Event: Making the numbers work — How affordable housing is financed in DC

Posted on by Cheryl Cort

April 20, 2023

Ever wondered how resources dedicated to housing affordability are used? Understanding housing affordability financing is fundamental to making good programs, policies, and laws to support people in need of new home production, preservation, and rehabilitation. This event will walk you through the economics of affordable housing in layman’s terms – to provide all audiences with information needed to engage in critical policy and development decisions. 

View YouTube recording here.

Speakers:

Introduction and moderation by Susanne Slater, Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C.

Introduction to affordable housing finance forumDownload

Stan Wall, HR&A Advisors

Stan-Wall-Making-the-Numbers-Work-Housing-ToolsDownload

Patrick McAnaney, Somerset Development Company

Patrick-McAnaney-Numbers-Presentation-4.20.23Download

Erin Wilson, DC Department of Housing and Community Development

Erin-Wilson-Numbers-CSG-042023-DHCD.pptx-1Download

This online event was sponsored by: Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development (CNHED), Enterprise Community Partners, Coalition for Smarter Growth, Greater Greater Washington, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND), Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) UPO, Ward3Vision, WIN Ward 3 Congregations Affordable Housing Work Group

Testimony in support for NHP Elm Gardens

Posted on by Ayesha Amsa

We wish to express our strong support for Case No. 22-33. We are excited to support this rezoning to facilitate the redevelopment of a 36-unit rental apartment building into a new, 100%  affordable 110-unit building. The rezoning appropriately permits the construction of a modestly larger building, fulfilling guidance of the Comp Plan to focus more activity around Metro stations.

Event Materials: Redesigning Pennsylvania Avenue

Posted on by Ayesha Amsa

Check out the event recording and presentation materials! Doug Davies (Director Planning + Design) and Kevin Keeley (Senior Planner) of VHB presented their projects for Penn Avenue West and Penn Ave Southeast, exploring the very different designs and challenges along the same corridor.

TESTIMONY: DMPED 2022-2023 Performance Oversight Hearing

Posted on by Ayesha Amsa

The ANC 3/4G Task Force on Racism’s number one housing recommendation is to build dedicated affordable and workforce housing above the Chevy Chase community center and library. We agree that all these community plans and recommendations are correct — to achieve the city’s goals to address racial equity and create housing equity, we must make the most of the Chevy Chase civic site for affordable housing as we deliver a new library, community center, and public outdoor spaces.

Testimony: Support for Takoma Metro station facilities changes

Posted on by Ayesha Amsa

We are excited to be testifying tonight in support of the proposed changes to the transit facilities at the Takoma Metro station. We’ve been working on reconfiguring the station area, and adding housing and other complementary transit-supporting uses since the year 2000. 

TESTIMONY: Chevy Chase Civic Site Public Surplus Hearing

Posted on by Ayesha Amsa

We wish to express our support for the surplusing of the development and use rights of the Chevy Chase Civic site in order to “redevelop the community center and library into a multi-purpose civic core with state-of-the-art public facilities and mixed-income housing.”

TESTIMONY: Support for 310 mixed income homes in Friendship Heights DC, Case No. 96-13A

Posted on by Ayesha Amsa

We wish to express our support for Case No. 96-13A. The applicant proposes to redevelop the existing building used for retail, into a 12-story, 130-foot mixed-use building consisting of ground floor retail space and approximately 310 rental apartments.