Category: Resources
Statement of support for inclusionary zoning by DC Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning
This statement is submitted on behalf of the Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning regarding Zoning Case 04-33G. We want to thank the Commission for its interest in this case. The District is experiencing an affordable housing crisis of historic significance. As DC’s economy and population grows, housing prices rise, and low-income DC residents with stagnant wages are left struggling to pay for housing. In this environment, the District must take action to sharpen each tool in the city’s affordable housing toolbox, especially inclusionary zoning, the only tool that by design creates affordable homes in high-cost neighborhoods.
TESTIMONY to DC Council RE: Support for PR21-307 (McMillan Sand Filtration Site)
We wish to express our support for the resolution to extend the Land Development Agreement given the scale and difficulty of this undertaking. It’s not uncommon for complex projects to take more time to walk through the process. Of course we wish that the whole process could be expedited, but we recognize that a significant project like this is large and complex.
Metro to Mosaic: A Fairfax transformation
walking tour – October 24, 2015
Campaign to Strengthen DC’s Inclusionary Zoning Affordable Housing Program Briefing
Event Materials:
- Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning Briefing Powerpoint
- Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning Fact Sheet and Testimony Invite
Supporting Materials:
- DC Office of Planning IZ Setdown Report, July 3, 2015
- Campaign for IZ General Comments on Office of Planning’s Setdown Report, October 27, 2015
- What You Need to Know about DC IZ, March 3, 2015
- DC Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning’s Letter to the Zoning Commission, January 7, 2015
- DC Office of Planning IZ Case File (Search for case 04-33G)
Event Description:
October 22, 2015 | held at DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI)
Speakers:
David Bowers, Enterprise Community Partners
Claire Zippel, DC Fiscal Policy Institute
Cheryl Cort, Coalition for Smarter Growth
DC Affordable Housing Alliance and the Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning convened a briefing for affordable housing and social justice advocates to learn how the city’s newer affordable housing programs, Inclusionary Zoning, can better serve the people it was intended to help.
The briefing covered how DC’s Inclusionary Zoning regulations are working, and how they can be improved to offer more affordable housing for lower income DC residents. The advocates briefing was in preparation for the January 28, 2016 public hearing by the DC Zoning Commission to consider changes to the IZ regulations to better serve low income people.