Take a look at this brief list of DC stories on housing costs, rents, development, and displacement.
It's an eclectic list of information showing how dynamic the housing costs/displacement story in DC really is and how disconnected from these dynamics is the simple “supply & demand” dogma being projected by the #buildmore (without race and class analysis) troop.
- Dozens Of Tenants In This Rent-Controlled Building Are Facing Eviction, DCist, Apr 14, 2023, https://dcist.com/story/23/04/
14/woodner-apartments- eviction-tenant-union/ - Why the pace of rising DC-area rents has slowed, WTOP, March 20, 2023, https://wtop.com/business-
finance/2023/03/why-the-pace- of-rising-dc-area-rents-has- slowed/ - Without COVID-Era Protections, Evictions In The Region Are Ticking Up, DCist, Oct 11, 2022, DCist, https://dcist.com/story/22/10/
11/evictions-dc-md-va-rising- covid-protections/ - The D.C. Housing Authority Pays Top Dollar To Landlords In Wealthy Areas. Some Say That’s Bad Policy. DCist, Sep 13, 2022, https://dcist.com/story/22/09/
13/dc-housing-vouchers-rent- control/ - As Part Of Historic Investment, Bowser Announces Funding For 11 New Affordable Housing Projects, DCist, Aug 11, 2022, https://dcist.com/story/22/08/
11/mayor-bowser-announces-11- affordable-housing-projects- with-housing-production-trust- fund/ - D.C. development has soared under Bowser. So have housing costs. Washington Post, June 16, 2022, https://archive.ph/b7Lpi
- In a once-gritty D.C. market, these wholesalers’ world is slipping away, Washington Post, June 18, 2021, https://archive.ph/daQtm
- Capital Checkers Is Looking For A New Home After 40 Years In Shaw, DCist, Mar 8, 2021, https://dcist.com/story/21/03/
08/capital-checkers-losing- shaw-clubhouse/ - As D.C. Activists Push To Expand Rent Control, A Tool To Keep Track Of It Has Been Delayed For Years, DCist, Dec 21, 2020, https://dcist.com/story/20/12/
21/dc-rent-control-database- delayed/ - Facing Decrepit Conditions, Another D.C. Apartment Building Goes On Rent Strike, DCist, Oct 15, 2018, https://dcist.com/story/18/10/
15/another-brightwood-park- building-be/ - Interactive Map: Average Rents Increase Near 61 Of 91 Metrorail Stops, DCist, May 30, 2017, https://dcist.com/story/17/05/
30/interactive-map-average- rents-incre/ - Report: How Hard Is It To Find Affordable Housing In D.C.? Almost Impossible. DCist, Mar 12, 2015, https://dcist.com/story/15/03/
12/lack-of-affordable-housing/ - Median rental price for a one-bedroom D.C. apartment is $2,000, study says, Washington Post, March 12, 2015, https://archive.ph/kmlaj
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