January 23, 2026 | Meagan Flynn | The Washington Post
Cheryl Cort, DC and Prince George’s Policy Director (title corrected by CSG) at the Coalition for Smarter Growth, said she suspected that financing challenges may have affected how many affordable units were included — but saw 54 as much better than none. The city has experienced serious challenges with affordable housing investment in recent years, due to a combination of rising construction costs and inflation, and housing policies that investors opposed and have since been changed.
Cort said her group has long advocated for the use of public land foraffordable housing, since it eliminates land-acquisition costs for developers — one factor Selassie said was helpful in this case.
“Our understanding is, when we talk to developers, that sort of nothing is moving forward whatsoever,” Cort said, “so we’re eager to make sure that this project can get financed and be built.”