Category: Resources

Statement of support for inclusionary zoning by DC Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning

Posted on by acustis

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)

Posted on by acustis

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.

Campaign to Strengthen DC’s Inclusionary Zoning Affordable Housing Program Briefing

Posted on by Will Reckley

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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.

Public forum: Modern transit for Upcounty Montgomery

Posted on by acustis

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Event description

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 | 7:00-9:00 PM
Neelsville Middle School | 11700 Neelsville Church Rd, Germantown

Interested in learning about transportation solutions for Upcounty?

Come out to Neelsville Middle School on Wednesday, October 21 to hear local advocacy organizations and elected officials discuss transportation options for the Upcounty area and the benefits of providing more transit.

Learn about:

  • Transit alternatives to the M-83 highway
  • Future of bus rapid transit (BRT) along Rt. 355
  • Benefits of rapid transit

Residents of Germantown and Clarksburg face challenging commutes and there’s only so much money available for fixes.  Officials have talked about various projects including I-270, M-83 Midcounty Highway, the Corridor Cities Transitway and another Bus Rapid Transit route along Route 355. Choices will have to be made, and they should include modern transit and good land use planning.

Clarksburg itself was envisioned as a walkable, transit oriented-community in the 1994 plan.  But today high quality transit has still not arrived.

I-270 could include more lanes including toll lanes and carpool lanes with room for transit, but will expansion just add more commuters from Frederick and beyond? Meanwhile, the M-83 Midcounty Highway has been criticized for not helping residents get to where they need to go. Most county leaders are looking to go in a more sustainable direction, and in 2014, the County Council approved an 81-mile bus rapid transit network including the Corridor Cities Transitway and Route 355.