DC Comprehensive Plan

Photo credit: Ted Eytan, Flickr

Since DC adopted the Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 2020 in May 2021, we’ve been working with our partners on implementation. We are ensuring that the Comp Plan lives up to its goals: prioritizing affordable housing, preventing displacement, equitable distribution of affordable housing opportunities, and using a racial equity lens for all land use decisions.

The District of Columbia’s Comprehensive Plan is the city’s long-term framework for land use. The Comp Plan guides the physical development of the city by managing the built environment, which includes everything from roads, sewers, and sidewalks to apartment buildings, parks, and schools. It also establishes goals, policies, and action items to manage growth in the District, including both citywide and neighborhood-specific sections. It is updated every several years to reflect the changing realities of the city.

Since 2016, the DC Office of Planning has been updating the Comprehensive Plan, and the Coalition for Smarter Growth has proposed a series of amendments designed to further our vision for an inclusive, walkable, and transit-oriented city. As the Office of Planning sends the proposed amended document to the DC Council, we continue to advocate for this vision.

Resources


Latest Happenings


CSG testimony re: DC Office of Planning Performance Oversight Hearing

CSG testimony re: DC Office of Planning Performance Oversight Hearing

|
CSG-Testimony-for-DCOP-oversight-hearing-3-18-21Download
RELEASE: Diverse group of housing supporters urges Chairman Mendelson & DC Council to pass the DC Comp Plan

RELEASE: Diverse group of housing supporters urges Chairman Mendelson & DC Council to pass the DC Comp Plan

|
Today, the Housing Priorities Coalition and allies urged the DC Council to pass the DC Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act. The letter cited the Comp Plan update as one of our most critical tools to address housing affordability, racial equity and a number of other challenges. The proposed legislation has been
S. Davis Flickr

ALERT: Sign our letter to advance racial equity with the DC Comp Plan!

|
Join us in one more push: Sign the letter for racial equity Dear Friend, We’ll keep this short. We have joined with partners in a sign-on letter to urge passage of the DC Comprehensive Plan ASAP. If you haven’t already, please add your name. The Comp Plan update is a
Room for more housing proposed from Friendship Heights to Tenleytown.

What is the Comp Plan? Housing Priorities Coalition Presentation

|
HPC What is the DC Comp Plan?Download