The remaining residents of Museum Square say they have faced increasingly difficult conditions, yet they are determined to stay.

The D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA), has a plan to fix its struggling public housing programs, but advocates and residents are skeptical.

The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) addressed public housing, development plans, and subsidy swap operations in a recent meeting.

At an oversight hearing, public witnesses shared their challenges and frustrations with affordable housing in D.C.

District officials consider the social housing model as a new solution to the city’s housing affordability crisis.

Street Sense sat down with Councilmember Matt Frumin to talk about his new bill reforming rent stabilization.

One Hawaiian housing developer is using a new model called kauhale to address homelessness, overcoming the barriers that hobble construction.

A database that is supposed to inform the state of rent control in D.C. has been delayed for years.

Jen McLaughlin writes about the developments in Ward 8.

D.C. councilmembers are set to reintroduce a bill that would make the District a leader in social housing.

In Equity Residential’s Feb. 1 earnings report, Mark J. Parrell — the company’s president and CEO — was quoted lauding their low resident turnover rates and rent increases. 

D.C.’s voucher waitlist is 37,000 people long, but the city government is only planning to fund 20 new vouchers for the residents on it.

Two plots of land in southwest D.C are up for sale and a local resident group is urging the city to purchase it.

A District-owned parking lot in NoMa may be turned into apartments with half of the units reserved for families below D.C.’s median income.

A historically Black fraternity wants to bring some affordable housing to Ward 4’s Kennedy Street corridor.

A group of homeowners filed a lawsuit against the city and a developer in January, claiming major oversights with the construction of homes that fell apart once they were sold. The homes were financed through a special fund administered by the city to provide affordable housing to low-income, first-time homeowners. But a District judge ruled in late August that the city is not responsible even after helping fund the construction of homes that were faulty. With the developer having declared bankruptcy, it’s unclear what the future of the case will be.

Despite families leaving as early as 2012, redevelopment at Barry Farm continues to see delays, and former residents still are not sure whether – or when – they may be able to return.

The Eckington property is supposed to be developed into affordable housing by Mi Casa, an affordable housing developer. In the meantime, the belongings of encampment residents were thrown away. 

The DC Council has recently taken steps to establish a new plan for, and modifications to, the District Opportunity to Purchase Act (DOPA) to increase its utility and use.

Redevelopment of the 15-acre Greenleaf Gardens housing community has been thrown into question now that developers have expressed doubts on whether new units can be built for the public housing residents before razing and redeveloping their current units.