Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Joint Performance Oversight Hearing on the Department of Human Services
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The Comp Plan can either uphold and exacerbate existing inequities throughout the District, or lawmakers can design it to stem the tide of economic and residential segregation. We urge the Council to preserve the protections and vision included in the draft […]
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Since the Housing Production Trust Fund is DC’s primary tool to finance the production and preservation of affordable housing, public transparency should be required for the entire HPTF project selection process.
The District’s affordable housing challenge is complex and requires a number of intertwined solutions that work together.
The DC Council has cut money from two affordable housing programs to fund another, setting a dangerous precedent and undermining efforts to increase investments in affordable housing.