{"id":464,"date":"2021-01-06T11:43:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T11:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=464"},"modified":"2021-02-19T21:42:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T21:42:08","slug":"like-roads-and-sewers-a-new-model-to-reach-dc-housing-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/464","title":{"rendered":"Like Roads and Sewers – A New Model to Reach DC Housing Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Media release<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

January 6, 2021<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Nick DelleDonne<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Dupont Gadfly<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

703-929-6656<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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L<\/span><\/span>ike Roads and Sewers –<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A New Model to Reach DC Housing Goals<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The affordable housing crisis in DC is a political crisis. <\/span><\/span>The Mayor\u2019s collaboration with developers to #BuildMore is not getting us where we need to go. All we get is more luxury housing <\/span><\/span>that <\/span><\/span>residents cannot afford<\/span><\/span>. The result is higher rents, higher home prices,<\/span><\/span> rampant <\/span><\/span>gentrification, <\/span><\/span>displacement of <\/span><\/span>long-term <\/span><\/span>Black and low-income families<\/span><\/span> and the destruction of established working-class neighborhood communities<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


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The notion that people should have a right to housing should not be a radical proposition<\/span><\/span> i<\/span><\/span>n the richest country in the world<\/span><\/span>. I<\/span><\/span>t <\/span><\/span>is<\/span><\/span> an offense<\/span><\/span> to the city<\/span><\/span> that our elected <\/span><\/span>official<\/span><\/span>s have <\/span><\/span>mis<\/span><\/span>used <\/span><\/span>our<\/span><\/span> vast resources <\/span><\/span>and<\/span><\/span> presided over a system that has given us an acute housing crisis<\/span><\/span> where<\/span><\/span> private developers control housing policy <\/span><\/span>at our expense<\/span><\/span>. Every year, <\/span><\/span>the city<\/span><\/span> give<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span> away hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars <\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>public land to developers <\/span><\/span>mainly <\/span><\/span>to build luxury apartments that working-class Washingtonians cannot afford<\/span><\/span>, while <\/span><\/span>existing<\/span><\/span> affordable units are demolished<\/span><\/span> and neighborhood communities destroyed<\/span><\/span>. In fact, between 2002 and 2012 the number of low-cost rental units in DC dropped by more than 50% while the number of more expensive units rose by 155%. <\/span><\/span>P<\/span><\/span>erpetual scarcity <\/span><\/span>ha<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span> become<\/span><\/span> the model. <\/span><\/span>Today,<\/span><\/span> we find ourselves <\/span><\/span>with<\/span><\/span> skyrocketing rents, massive amounts of inequality, hyper-segregation, displacement \u2014 and a corrupt political system<\/span><\/span> that promotes <\/span><\/span>the defective<\/span><\/span> model<\/span><\/span>.\u202f <\/span><\/span>Jack Evans was<\/span><\/span> only<\/span><\/span> the tip of the iceberg.<\/span><\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/span>An examination of the campaign financing of elected officials shows <\/span><\/span>they are <\/span><\/span>overwhelmingly<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>f<\/span><\/span>inanc<\/span><\/span>ed by developers.<\/span><\/span>\u202f \u202f<\/span><\/span> <\/span>
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<\/span>What we need is a new model<\/span><\/span> \u2013 a model that will <\/span><\/span>create affordable housing on a massive scale with maximum econom<\/span><\/span>y<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>and<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>eliminat<\/span><\/span>es<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>the need for <\/span><\/span>developers and <\/span><\/span>the profit motive. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The model is <\/span><\/span>social housing<\/span><\/span> proven successful around the world where <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>city<\/span><\/span>\u202fbuilds housing as infrastructure<\/span><\/span>, like roads and sewers and utilities<\/span><\/span>. Once built, the housing units are open to everyone (non-means tested). <\/span><\/span>A<\/span><\/span>ll tenants pay 30% of their income in rent<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>higher income tenants <\/span><\/span>offset<\/span><\/span> rent <\/span><\/span>from<\/span><\/span> lower income tenants. <\/span><\/span>A<\/span><\/span>ll rents are reinvested back into the building to cover operating costs. <\/span><\/span>W<\/span><\/span>hat<\/span><\/span> would have been the developer\u2019s profit<\/span><\/span> is used<\/span><\/span> to pay down the construction costs.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In this way, social housing creates deeply affordable, mixed-income housing that <\/span>actually pays<\/span> for itself. By giving renters a public option, social housing reduces costs and provides a real solution to the affordable housing crisis. It also works to boost the economy. Because renters pay 30% of their income in rent, they have more to spend in the local economy. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s collaboration with developers to #BuildMore is not getting us where we need to go. All we get is more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,41,1,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-housing","category-citywide","category-comprehensive-plan","category-dc","category-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}