The SW Action Housing Group created a grading system to judge new and already existing projects in the neighborhood. Projects will be judged on:

• Number of affordable units;

• If they accept vouchers;

• If there are 3-bedroom units;

• If it is, at least, ADA compliant;

• Will neighborhood-serving retail be involved

For the full list of criteria, click here.

Members of our group met with our Ward 6 Councilmember, Charles Allen, to ask for support and advice for our ideas, which we think will make SW a more equitable and sustainable place.

Members of our group met with Sarosh Olpadwala, Director of Real Estate in the office of the Deputy Mayor of Planning and Economic Development, to talk about our goals for affordable housing: 27k units that are in either a community land trust, limited equity coop, social or public housing, or Housing First model by 2025! To get out of a crisis, we must take bold action.

The DC Department of Parks and Recreation has completed a draft of its 2020 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), which will be submitted to the National Park Service for compliance with the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) program. You can see the comments we left in response to the draft plan here.

Over the next month, we will be having several meetings with council-members, their staff, and other DC government policymakers to talk about our ideas for implementing antiracist and equitable policies into how housing is produced in the city. You can browse through the presentation on the left side, or via this link.

In response to a series of incidents that happened in the Southwest neighborhood and how some neighbors responded to those incidents, members of our group took time to craft a statement for how we as a community can interrupt cycles of harm rather than perpetuate them. Read the full statement here.