{"id":563,"date":"2021-03-30T16:42:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T16:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=563"},"modified":"2021-03-31T17:42:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T17:42:43","slug":"alert-comp-plan-housing-justice-amendments-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/563","title":{"rendered":"Alert: Comp Plan Housing Justice Amendments Released"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 30, 2021 <\/span><\/p>\n

Contact: Parisa Norouzi, Executive Director, Empower DC – (202) 553-9326 <\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bowser Comp Plan Proposals Scored on Displacement, Housing Equity, Community Involvement, UpFLUMing<\/span><\/b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\n–Grassroots Coalition Issues Housing Justice Amendments <\/span><\/b>   <\/span><\/p>\n

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Mayor Bowser\u2019s 1500-page amendments to the city\u2019s chief planning guide, the Comprehensive Plan (CompPlan), gets low marks from the DC Grassroots Planning Coalition (DCGPC), a prominent citywide planning organization. 
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\u201cThe Mayor\u2019s Comp Plan changes do nothing to stop displacement, provide deeply affordable housing, or promote community-led equitable development,\u201d said Parisa Norouzi, Executive Director of Empower DC, which leads the DCGPC.  “As we show in our new Housing Justice Amendments<\/a>, the Mayor’s CompPlan changes are wrong and harmful for a city in a housing crisis. They serve only the peculiar alliance between her administration and developers.” <\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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As DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson brings the Comp Plan to a vote next month, DCGPC\u2019s Housing Justice Amendments<\/a> summarize its opposition. Changes to the Future Land Use Map, or FLUM, will: <\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n