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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (center) presides over a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new affordable housing community in Ward 7 on July 28.

New Affordable Housing Units Come to D.C.’s Ward 7

by WI Web Staff July 29, 2022July 29, 2022

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presided over ribbon-cutting ceremonies this week for two new affordable housing communities in Ward 7.

In the District of Columbia, a shortage of affordable housing, a hyper-expensive rental market and aging and vanishing housing stock has had tenants battling spiraling rents and housing costs and left them at increased risk of getting displaced. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

RASPBERRY: It’s Up To Us — Solving Affordable Housing Together

by Heather Raspberry, Executive Director, Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

a man in black long sleeves using a calculator

Financial Literacy

Record Inflation Shrinks Housing Affordability, Worsens Racial Wealth Gaps

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer June 16, 2022June 16, 2022

Courtesy of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser via Twitter

Bowser, Fudge Unveil Affordable Housing Program

by WI Web Staff June 1, 2022June 6, 2022

Marriott Wardman Hotel Undergoes Auction Process

by James Wright Jr. July 21, 2021December 21, 2021

Financial Literacy

How Soon Will Biden’s American Jobs Plan Arrive to Help Housing?

by WI Guest Author June 3, 2021December 21, 2021

D.C. Mayor Includes $400M Affordable Housing Allocation in New Budget

by WI Guest Author May 25, 2021December 21, 2021

Muriel Bowser

D.C. Partners With Douglas Community Land Trust for Affordable Housing

by WI Guest Author April 20, 2021December 21, 2021

Park Southern Apartments (Courtesy of vestacorp.com)

DHCD Funding to Preserve 336 Affordable Housing Units in Ward 8

by WI Guest Author July 10, 2020December 21, 2021

In the District of Columbia, a shortage of affordable housing, a hyper-expensive rental market and aging and vanishing housing stock has had tenants battling spiraling rents and housing costs and left them at increased risk of getting displaced. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Grosso, Bonds Press for Transparency in Pursuit of Affordable Housing

by Stacy M. Brown January 29, 2020December 21, 2021