WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington, D.C., wants to increase low-cost housing options in its more affluent neighborhoods.
News outlets report the D.C. Office of Planning released a housing equity report Tuesday that details the mayor’s plan to break up concentrated poverty. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the separation of affordable housing from other housing was created to disadvantage specific populations, especially black residents.
She says in the report that residents are spending a large share of their income on housing, and low-income residents are feeling the encroaching threat of displacement, despite existing housing protections. She has set a goal to build 36,000 new district homes by 2025, and a third of those homes would be affordable housing units.
Officials didn’t detail cost or implementation specifics. The plan’s public review period ends Dec. 20.
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