Join us on a visit to historic downtown Gaithersburg where we’ll learn about its past, examine its progress towards a walkable downtown, and explore the community’s and town’s visions for a bright, transit-oriented future.
Category: Event materials
DC Affordable Housing Alliance Meeting on Shared Equity Homeownership
Presentation by Brett Theodos, Senior Research Associate, The Urban Institute
Related materials:
- Shared equity research at The Urban Institute (full reports and case studies)
- Blog post Can affordable housing create wealth and stay affordable? By Brett Theodos
- Summary article A Promising Way Forward for Homeownership: Assessing the Benefits of Shared Equity Programs. By Kenneth Temkin, Brett Theodos, and David Price
- Journal article (requires subscription or library access): Sharing Equity with Future Generations: An Evaluation of Long-Term Affordable Homeownership Programs in the USA. By Kenneth Mark Temkin, Brett Theodos, and David Price.
Blog post by Angie Rodgers. Worried about DC gentrification? A new bill would speed it up and lose affordable housing.
City First Homes
Other resources
How Transit, Walking, and Biking Can Save the World
- Presentation by Michael Replogle, Founder and Managing Director for Policy, Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
- Presentation by Rachel Healy, Principal Sustainability Advisor, WMATA
- Presentation by Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth
Tour program: The Silver Line, Reston, & Tysons: A New Chapter
[PDF] Decades in the making, Phase 1 of the Silver Line has arrived in Fairfax County and new buildings are appearing at the Wiehle-Reston East and Tysons Metro stations. We have a rare opportunity to witness a new phase of the county and the region as old suburbs are retrofitted and new walkable, urban, and sustainable destinations emerge.
H St: Past & Future (& the streetcar)
Materials from our H St walking tour on June 7, 2014
Pentagon City: More than a Mall
Tour program from “Pentagon City: More than a Mall” walking tour on May 31, 2014