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Homes Inclusive City Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force • Washington, D.C. Homes for an Inclusive City A Comprehensive Housing Strategy for Washington, D.C. Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force • Washington, D.C. Dear Resident: I am pleased to present Homes for an Inclusive City. This report Homes is the product of more than two years of hard work by the for an Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force, a group of over twenty stakeholders, housing advocates, for profit and not for profit Inclusive developers, housing agency executives and residents charged with developing a ten-year housing strategy for the District. It incorporates months of data gathering and analysis, public input accessed through City interactive meetings convened throughout the city, and thoughtful policy debate. Washington’s economic growth, neighborhood revitalization and new housing construction are at an all time high. We remain, however, a city divided by education, income, employment and housing opportunity. This report provides a blueprint for A Comprehensive Housing Strategy achieving parity in housing opportunity, developing more mixed income neighborhoods, and preserving existing affordable housing stock. for Washington, D.C. Homes for an Inclusive City has already provided guidance in developing housing policy for the District. This year’s budget includes increased spending for affordable housing production and preservation, funding for rental housing assistance, and additional housing assistance for our special needs population. I applaud the efforts of the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force and invite each of you – citizens, business owners, institutional partners – to support implementation of their recommendations. Sincerely, Anthony A. Williams Mayor Front Section Final.indd 2-3 6/8/06 3:43:26 PM Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force • Washington, D.C. Dear Resident: I am pleased to present Homes for an Inclusive City. This report Homes is the product of more than two years of hard work by the for an Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force, a group of over twenty stakeholders, housing advocates, for profit and not for profit Inclusive developers, housing agency executives and residents charged with developing a ten-year housing strategy for the District. It incorporates months of data gathering and analysis, public input accessed through City interactive meetings convened throughout the city, and thoughtful policy debate. Washington’s economic growth, neighborhood revitalization and new housing construction are at an all time high. We remain, however, a city divided by education, income, employment and housing opportunity. This report provides a blueprint for A Comprehensive Housing Strategy achieving parity in housing opportunity, developing more mixed income neighborhoods, and preserving existing affordable housing stock. for Washington, D.C. Homes for an Inclusive City has already provided guidance in developing housing policy for the District. This year’s budget includes increased spending for affordable housing production and preservation, funding for rental housing assistance, and additional housing assistance for our special needs population. I applaud the efforts of the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force and invite each of you – citizens, business owners, institutional partners – to support implementation of their recommendations. Sincerely, Anthony A. Williams Mayor Front Section Final.indd 2-3 6/8/06 3:43:26 PM Homes for an Inclusive City: A Comprehensive Housing Strategy for Washington, DC TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements.......................................................................................................................................................................................................1 List of Housing Task Force Members...................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Changing Communities and the Looming Crisis in Housing ....................................................................................................................... 8 The Downward Spiral of the District.............................................................................................................................................................8 Prosperity Comes to the Region....................................................................................................................................................................9 Vigorous and Sustained Economic Growth........................................................................................................................................ 9 Sprawling Settlement...................................................................................................................................................................................9 A Region Divided.........................................................................................................................................................................................10 Housing Production Can’t Keep Up......................................................................................................................................................11 The District Booms at Last....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 District’s Dynamic Employment.............................................................................................................................................................12 A Population Poised To Grow..................................................................................................................................................................12 A Housing Boom for the District............................................................................................................................................................13 Washington’s Urban Revival.....................................................................................................................................................................14 The Boom Brings an Affordable Housing Crisis................................................................................................................................................15 Soaring Prices Hit Homebuyers..............................................................................................................................................................15 Rents Also Climb Out of Sight.................................................................................................................................................................16 Neighborhoods That Struggle More than Others............................................................................................................................16 The Recent Housing Price Surge Affects Neighborhoods Differently.......................................................................................17 Dramatic changes in the District’s Distressed Neighborhoods .................................................................................................17 Yet the Boom Threatens Low-income Households ........................................................................................................................18 Shrinking Areas of Affordability Bring Concentration of Poverty...............................................................................................19 Housing For People With Special Needs In The District Of Columbia......................................................................................20 People with Disabilities.............................................................................................................................................................................20 People Returning from Correctional Facilities.................................................................................................................................. 20 People Who Are Homeless.......................................................................................................................................................................21 People Living with HIV/AIDS....................................................................................................................................................................21 The District of Columbia and Housing Production – Past, Present And Future.....................................................................................22 The District Government’s Major Housing Departments....................................................................................................................22 The Department of Housing and Community Development.....................................................................................................23 The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency.........................................................................................................................23
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