Affordable Housing and Homelessness

Every person deserves a safe, stable place to call home. But generations of racist policies and practices have left Black DC residents less likely to own a home and more likely to rent in a market with extreme and rising costs, and fewer protections against the risk factors contributing to homelessness.
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Evidence-based, community-centered policy change can transform the District into a place where every resident has what they need to thrive.

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From 2019 to 2023, more than 1 in 4 Black renters (29.9 percent) and 1 in 5 Hispanic renters (20.1 percent) were extremely rent burdened compared to 13.8 percent of white renters.

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