DC's Housing Policies and Implementation
Here's a set of links to get a sense of the city's housing policies.
Department of Housing and Community Development
DHCD Coordinates DC's Housing Preservation Strike Force
DHCD Planning & Implementation
DHCD Reports Archive
Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force
Regarding the Task Force, it seems to have formed in 2003, at which time a report was drawn up by the Brookings Institute and Alice Rivlin. Yes Brookings set DC's housing policy for the last decade.
By DC law this taskforce is to create a 10-year strategy report and have DC agencies fulfill it every 10 years.
Here's the first Taskforce report form 2003-04 (Mayor Williams; Written by the Brookings Institute; Used to shape the 2006 Comprehensive Plan and important housing policies in that plan).
Here's the Housing Taskforce 10-year report (2013).
DC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (2006-2026)
Comprehensive Plan at Office of Planning website.
Comp Plan Chapter 5 -- Specific to Housing
The important Maps associated with the Comp Plan.
The officials (developers) upcoming Comp Plan amendments planning page.
OFFICE OF TENANT ADVOCATE (OTA)
How are they helping Tenants? Do they help people form Coops? Form Tenant Associations?
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