Southwest DC Action For release: Thursday, March 11, 2021 Contact/s: swdcaction@gmail.com (202) 964-0620 CM Allen Urged to Reject Comp Plan Changes SW Joins Call for Equity, Against Black Displacement Southwest, DC is joining the citywide call against the Office of Planning’s (OP) proposed changes to the District’s Comprehensive Plan and urging Ward 6 Councilmember Charles […]
Category: Affordable Housing
The Washingtonj Post/Opinion by Minnie Elliott Opinion | D.C. is funding displacement at Brookland Manor. It can’t stand. – The Washington Post March 5, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. EST Minnie Elliott is president of the Brookland Manor/Brentwood Village Residents Association. I am an 83-year-old great-great-grandmother and president of the Brookland Manor/Brentwood Village Residents Association. As a […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CENSUS-BLOCK ANALYSIS OF RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS FOR HOFFMAN AND ASSOCIATES DEVELOPMENTS FROM 2000-2016 Contact: info@southwestvoicedc.comView full report: swvoicedc.com WASHINGTON, DC (March 7, 2021) Southwest Voice conducted a Census block analysis of demographic changes for 34 Hoffman and Associates developments between 2000-2016. We relied on their website for address data and year of opening. […]
MORE THAN 115 PEOPLE REGISTER AND ATTEND “VIRTUAL” PROTEST OF WARD 5 COUNCILMEMBER KENYAN MCDUFFIEFOR RELEASE: March 3, 2021 Contacts: Beth Wagner, Organizer, ward5criesout@gmail.com, (301) 800-1497; Ms. Minnie Elliott, BMBVRA President, bmbvassociation@gmail.com, (202) 299-6647 Washington, DC — In what may be a first in DC, Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie was the object of a […]
CM McDuffie Subject of Virtual Protest on Tuesday FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2021 Washington, DC — Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie is the target of an upcoming virtual protest by several Ward 5 groups who are harmed by his refusal to act for his constituents, even declining numerous requests to meet. What: Virtual protest of […]
Press Release: February 2021 Issue of Southwest Voice: The People’s Paper www.swvoicedc.com Housing Authority Whistleblower | Attorney Joins SW Advocacy | Poor Housing Impacting Health | Young Couple Can’t Buy in SW | Wayward Comp Plan | Greenleaf Asserts Rights | Poetic Voice Corner | Quiet Place Housing Authority Whistleblower Southwest Voice conducted a phone […]
Media release February 15, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 Outside the Box – Can Social Housing Get Us Affordable Housing in DC? – Guest Will Merrifield at DECAA Meeting, Monday Feb. 15, 7 pm One of the essential challenges that governments are struggling with is the provision for high-quality affordable housing. Mayor Bowser’s ambitious housing program is NOT producing […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 11, 2021 Contact: equityforparkmorton@gmail.com Park Morton Residents and Neighbors to DCHA: Stop Displacing Longtime Residents During Pandemic, Adopt Park Morton Equity Plan During D.C. Housing Authority public hearing on the Park Morton Equity Plan, 12 residents and community members testified to support the plan and prevent the agency from further displacing […]
Media release January 6, 2021 Contact Nick DelleDonne Dupont Gadfly 703-929-6656 Like Roads and Sewers – A New Model to Reach DC Housing Goals The affordable housing crisis in DC is a political crisis. The Mayor’s collaboration with developers to #BuildMore is not getting us where we need to go. All we get is more […]
PRESS RELEASE, DC FOR REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT, CONTACT CHRIS OTTEN, (202) 656-5874 Mayor’s Proposed Changes to DC Comprehensive Plan “Unlawful” and “A Gift to Developers”; More than 130 DC Residents Wrote Letters at Hearing Deadline Demanding An End to Displacement Washington, DC — In late November 2020, spanning two Council hearings consisting of 10+ hours of […]