{"id":47163,"date":"2025-07-31T18:50:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=47163"},"modified":"2025-10-02T11:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:27:50","slug":"fwd-act-to-win-on-rfk-deal-there-are-votes-to-still-get-fwd-dc-residents-call-for-social-housing-at-rfk-and-binding-terms-for-ward-7-council-may-vote-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/47163","title":{"rendered":"Fwd: Act to Win on RFK Deal &#8212; There are votes to still get! Fwd:  DC Residents Call for Social Housing at RFK and Binding Terms for Ward 7 &#8212; Council May Vote Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8230; forwarding &#8230;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">please call the council on rfk today!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"gmail_attr\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Forwarded message &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>From: <b class=\"gmail_sendername\" dir=\"auto\">Luxury Density Begets Luxury Density Begets ?<\/b> <span dir=\"auto\">&lt;<a href=\"mailto:densitybegetsdensity@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"mailto:densitybegetsdensity@gmail.com\" >densitybegetsdensity@gmail.com<\/a><\/a>&gt;<\/span><br \/>Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 2:18\u202fPM<br \/>Subject: Act to Win on RFK Deal &#8212; There are votes to still get! Fwd: &lt;RFK Press Alert&gt; DC Residents Call for Social Housing at RFK and Binding Terms for Ward 7 &#8212; Council May Vote Tomorrow<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>We are sending forth the press release put out by <a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/socialhousing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Save DC Public Land seeking to win Social Housing at RF<\/b>K<\/a> way down at the bottom of this email &#8212; the\u00a0key thing is to call the Council today on RFK, please take 5 minutes!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/images\/mendorfk.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"331\" style=\"margin-right:0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><b><font size=\"6\">NO PHIL, YOUR RFK DEAL STILL STINKS!!<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"4\">There are still votes to win at RFK for social housing (<b>Janeese Lewis George<\/b>), environmental protections (<b>Charles Allen<\/b>), worker justice (<b>Zachary Parker<\/b>), an anti-displacement fund (<b>Robert White<\/b>), and enforcable terms and clawbacks in the RFK deal (<b>Matt Frumin<\/b>) among other issues raised by Councilmembers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TL8zfJ_vJKI\" target=\"_blank\">at the Wilson building<\/a> yesterday. <\/p>\n<p><b><i><u>Please take a moment to call and write to:<\/u><\/i><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"4\">Matt Frumin &#8212; <a href=\"mailto:mfrumin@dccouncil.gov\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"mailto:mfrumin@dccouncil.gov\" >mfrumin@dccouncil.gov<\/a><\/a> (202) 724-8062<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"4\">Robert White &#8212; <a href=\"mailto:rwhite@dccouncil.gov\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"mailto:rwhite@dccouncil.gov\" >rwhite@dccouncil.gov<\/a><\/a> (202)-724-8174<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"4\">Zachary Parker &#8212; <a href=\"mailto:zparker@dccouncil.gov\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"mailto:zparker@dccouncil.gov\" >zparker@dccouncil.gov<\/a><\/a> (202) 724-8028<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"4\">Charles Allen &#8212; <a href=\"mailto:callen@dccouncil.gov\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"mailto:callen@dccouncil.gov\" >callen@dccouncil.gov<\/a><\/a> (202)724-8072 <\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"4\">Janeese Lewis George <a href=\"mailto:jlewisgeorge@dccouncil.gov\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"mailto:jlewisgeorge@dccouncil.gov\" >jlewisgeorge@dccouncil.gov<\/a><\/a> (202) 724-8052<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><font size=\"4\">The Bowser-Mendelson deal is not better and is not fair or just for DC residents, DC workers, our environment, for housing justice, or for enforceable terms with real deliverables especially for Ward 7. It&#39;s a land giveaway for concussed nostalgia and billionaires to make tons of profit (esp on our land).\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<div><b><font size=\"4\"><br \/><\/font><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><b><font size=\"4\">Even the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2025\/07\/31\/commanders-stadium-deal-dc-nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Post Editorial<\/a> is asking the Council to reject the deal.<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/images\/waponorfk.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"299\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">Here&#39;s how some of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TL8zfJ_vJKI\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday went at the Wilson building<\/a>, in pictures:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/images\/rwhiterfk.jpg\" width=\"557\" height=\"558\"><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/images\/allenrfk.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"557\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/images\/parkrfk.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"555\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/images\/jlgrfk.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"554\"><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/images\/mfruminrfk.jpg\" width=\"556\" height=\"558\"><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"gmail_attr\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Forwarded message &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>From: <b class=\"gmail_sendername\" dir=\"auto\">Social Housing for All!<\/b> <span dir=\"auto\">&lt;<a href=\"mailto:socialhousing@savedcpublicland.org\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"mailto:socialhousing@savedcpublicland.org\" >socialhousing@savedcpublicland.org<\/a><\/a>&gt;<\/span><br \/>Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 1:35\u202fPM<br \/>Subject: &lt;RFK Press Alert&gt; DC Residents Call for Social Housing at RFK and Binding Terms for Ward 7 &#8212; Council May Vote Tomorrow<br \/>To: The1617project &lt;<a href=\"mailto:the1617project@savedcpublicland.org\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"mailto:the1617project@savedcpublicland.org\" >the1617project@savedcpublicland.org<\/a><\/a>&gt;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif\">\n<div id=\"m_-802206979581775604m_-6958949640221798047m_614630040251019717m_5828289529731609077m_122998708034107544m_3924517357312311552m_378272644114021606m_6372390069924873757editbody1\" style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif\">\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><br \/><b>July 31, 2025<br \/><a href=\"mailto:socialhousing@savedcpublicland.org\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"mailto:socialhousing@savedcpublicland.org\" >socialhousing@savedcpublicland.org<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt\">Bowser-Mendelson RFK Proposal <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt\">\u201cSame Old, Same Old Land Giveaways\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size:18pt\"><b><br \/>DC Residents Call for Social Housing at RFK site and Binding Terms for Ward 7<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><b><br \/>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/b> \u2014 As the D.C. Council prepares for a first vote on the future of the RFK Stadium site, residents and advocates are sounding the alarm on the Bowser-Mendelson RFK proposal over what they call another massive public land giveaway, maybe the biggest yet\u2014this time to a billionaire NFL owner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Save DC Public Land has sent a letter to D.C. Councilmembers urging them to secure a <a><b><i>Social Housing carve-out<\/i><\/b><\/a> in the RFK proposal, warning that without strong protections, the public land and air rights could be privatized for several lifetimes with little benefit to District residents\u2014particularly those in Ward 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">Under the current proposal, 145 acres are able to be developed. Of that, <b>80 acres\u2014including the stadium footprint\u2014may be handed over to Commanders owner Josh Harris<\/b> for just <b>$1\/year for up to 99 years<\/b>, with minimal obligations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">The Bowser-Mendelson-backed deal allows the team to<i> not construct <\/i><i>housing until 2040<\/i>, and even then, the Commanders face<i> de minimis penalties<\/i> for failure to deliver timely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Residents are sounding the alarm:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding:0 0.4em;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid;margin:0\">\n<p><i><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><b>\u201cSocial housing will temper the bigtime displacement we expect<\/b> in the existing neighborhoods around RFK because municipally-owned housing is known to drive down and stabilize housing costs,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> said Debby Hanrahan with Save DC Public Land.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> \u201c<b>What gun does the Council have to their heads to give away the store<\/b> in a proposal like this without pushing for much more innovation and opportunity for real DC workers and families. <b>It&#39;s the same old, same old land giveaways to a billionaire of all people.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">\u201c<b>I&#39;m baffled by how little of the deal actually addresses the needs of Ward 7,<\/b>\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">added <b>Lora Nunn<\/b> of Friends of Kingman Park and Heritage Island.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> \u201cWithout specifics outlined into a binding contract, Ward 7 will be likely left very little.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><b>The Washington Post Editorial Board<\/b> has urged the Council to <b>\u201cReject the Commanders stadium deal\u201d<\/b> for its immense public subsidy. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2025\/07\/31\/commanders-stadium-deal-dc-nfl\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read the editorial<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">The D.C. Council may take a <b>first vote on August 1<\/b>, with a <b>final vote anticipated in mid-September<\/b>. <a href=\"https:\/\/lims.dccouncil.gov\/hearings\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/lims.dccouncil.gov\/hearings\/<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">###<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><br clear=\"all\"><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"gmail_signature\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"gmail_signature\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; forwarding &#8230; please call the council on rfk today! &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Forwarded message &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;From: Luxury Density Begets Luxury Density Begets ? &lt;densitybegetsdensity@gmail.com&gt;Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 2:18\u202fPMSubject: Act to Win on RFK Deal &#8212; There are votes to still get! 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