- B25-0802 – U Street Affordable Housing and Public Participation Assurances Amendment Act of 2024B25-0802 – U Street Affordable Housing and Public Participation Assurances Amendment Act of 2024 https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B25-0802 BILL SUMMARY – As introduced, Bill… Read more: B25-0802 – U Street Affordable Housing and Public Participation Assurances Amendment Act of 2024
- Broken City: Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis
Conversation with Prof. Patrick Condon and Andrew Berman . Condon says he formerly believed in the “build-build-build” philosophy and that the… Read more: Broken City: Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis - Politico: Justice Department preparing rental market collusion lawsuit
By JOSH SISCO (online here) 07/12/2024The Justice Department is gearing up to challenge what it says is collusive conduct in the… Read more: Politico: Justice Department preparing rental market collusion lawsuit - Recent Press on 1617 U Street
July 2024 Washington Post — “D.C. commission approves zoning change for U Street despite opposition” (link) https://archive.ph/mQFnD Washington Business Journal —… Read more: Recent Press on 1617 U Street - Initial Statement about the July 11, 2024 Zoning Commission Decision on 1617 U Street
Group Name:Save DC Public Land: Working for a Safe, Truly Affordable, and Racially Equitable U Street Representative:Debby Hanrahan, co-facilitator Website:www.SaveDCPublicLand.org/the1617project … Read more: Initial Statement about the July 11, 2024 Zoning Commission Decision on 1617 U Street - Tonight — 1617 U Street — DC Zoning Commission May Approve Luxury Upzoning
Press Alert, July 11, 2024Save DC Public Land: Working for a Safe, Truly Affordable & Racially Equitable U StreetContact: Debby H.… Read more: Tonight — 1617 U Street — DC Zoning Commission May Approve Luxury Upzoning - DC Office of Planning’s “Scam” High Density Luxury Re-Zoning at 1617 U Street Wins ANC-1B Support Again
Press Alert July 3, 2024Save DC Public Land: Working for a Safe, Truly Affordable & Racially Equitable U StreetContact: Debby H.… Read more: DC Office of Planning’s “Scam” High Density Luxury Re-Zoning at 1617 U Street Wins ANC-1B Support Again - U Street ANC Unfazed by Data, Poised Again to Support High-Density Luxury Zoning 1617 U Street
Press Alert June 27, 2024 Save DC Public Land: Working for a Safe, Truly Affordable & Racially Equitable U Street Contact:… Read more: U Street ANC Unfazed by Data, Poised Again to Support High-Density Luxury Zoning 1617 U Street - High Density Luxury Rezoning at 1617 U Street Still Being Pushed by DC Office of Planning Threatening Imminent Harm
Mayor’s Office of Planning “Shoved in Earplugs” By Continuing to Push High Density Luxury Rezoning at 1617 U Street; Three of… Read more: High Density Luxury Rezoning at 1617 U Street Still Being Pushed by DC Office of Planning Threatening Imminent Harm - May 9, 2024 Zoning Meeting Redux, Is MU10 Really Dead?
1617 U Street: May 9th Zoning Meeting Redux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UrwzCmYY7w On May 9, 2024, after thirty+ hours of hearings and more than… Read more: May 9, 2024 Zoning Meeting Redux, Is MU10 Really Dead? - [Press Alert] Ward One CM Brianne Nadeau “Talks Down” to Black Neighbors; Experts Show Social Housing Only Option for True Affordability
Press Alert, info@savedcpublicland.org April 24, 2024 Black Neighbors of 1617 U Street Proffer Experts Who Show that DC’s “Affordable” Housing Is… Read more: [Press Alert] Ward One CM Brianne Nadeau “Talks Down” to Black Neighbors; Experts Show Social Housing Only Option for True Affordability - Parties Submit Findings to ZC Concluding that a Special Use Zone Be Deployed or the Split Is It
Parties in opposition to the luxury upzoning at 1617 U Street have submitted some of the last pleadings asked for by… Read more: Parties Submit Findings to ZC Concluding that a Special Use Zone Be Deployed or the Split Is It - Office of Planning Says Split Zoning is Possible at 1617 U Street
U Street AIR Press alert — Contact (202) 854-1822 The DC Office of Planning Embarrasses ANC 1B: Split Zoning is Actually… Read more: Office of Planning Says Split Zoning is Possible at 1617 U Street - Closing Arguments Submitted Against the Luxury Upzoning at 1617 U Street
In addition to all of the amazing public testimony offered up during the unprecedented six zoning hearings regarding the city's push… Read more: Closing Arguments Submitted Against the Luxury Upzoning at 1617 U Street - Office of Attorney General: “[DC Office of Planning] failed to perform the public outreach and engagement component of the racial equity tool”
Citing to the attached letter from the Office of the Attorney General: [P]roblems resulting from the racial equity tool’s lack… Read more: Office of Attorney General: “[DC Office of Planning] failed to perform the public outreach and engagement component of the racial equity tool” - Nate Fleming Presents Expert Testimony Supporting the “Threatened” Black Neighbors of 1617 U Street
Racial Equity “Lacking” For Proposed Luxury Upzoning of the Two-Acre Public Site Washington, DC –– On Monday, March 18, 2024, at… Read more: Nate Fleming Presents Expert Testimony Supporting the “Threatened” Black Neighbors of 1617 U Street - 1617 U Street: Do Black Neighbors Matter?!
Please listen to cross examination of the Office of Planning by Black Neighbors and hear the frustration and deep concerns by… Read more: 1617 U Street: Do Black Neighbors Matter?! - 1617 U Street Luxury Zoning Hearings Are Over & The Record Closed, Zoning Commission to Discuss Next Steps on May 9th
After nearly 30 hours of hearing time and more than 730 written submissions, the public record in Zoning Case 23-02 is… Read more: 1617 U Street Luxury Zoning Hearings Are Over & The Record Closed, Zoning Commission to Discuss Next Steps on May 9th - Fifty Neighbors Speak Up at Recent Zoning Hearings
Zoning Hearing Highlights:: Feb 26 2024 Hearing Highlights from Feb 12, 2024 :: - 1617 U Neighbors Adams & Akel Are Interviewed – Georgetown Voice
Neighbors Akel and Adams are interviewed – On 16th and U streets, neighbors push for equity in rezoning – Georgetown Voice… Read more: 1617 U Neighbors Adams & Akel Are Interviewed – Georgetown Voice - “Real estate is the most slippery of slopes.”
In a recent Washington Business Journal piece about the heights of downtown-sized buildings, former Commission of Fine Arts member, architectural critic,… Read more: “Real estate is the most slippery of slopes.” - The MU-10 Zoning Proposal Must Be Denied As Harmful to Black DC Residents
See Dr. Golash-Boza’s expert testimony as certified by the DC Zoning Commission: The Office of Planning (OP) and Deputy Mayor’s Office… Read more: The MU-10 Zoning Proposal Must Be Denied As Harmful to Black DC Residents - Black Neighbors Ask Mayor’s Office of Racial Equity For Assistance
Press Notice: info@blackneighborsdc.org Washington, DC, Black Neighbors Ignored by Ward One Councilmember Brianne Nadeau About 17th and U Street Luxury Upzoning… Read more: Black Neighbors Ask Mayor’s Office of Racial Equity For Assistance - DC Residents LOVE “Social Housing” at 17th and U Street Site
Press Alert, Save DC Public LandFeb 14 2024 “Social Housing” Brought Up Twenty Times at Fifth Hearing on 17th &… Read more: DC Residents LOVE “Social Housing” at 17th and U Street Site - Press Alert: DC Office of Planning Has Abandoned Racial Equity at 17th & U Street NW Luxury Upzoning
Press Alert, Save DC Public Land Feb 9 2024 17th & U Street NW Luxury Upzoning: Everyone is Saying the DC… Read more: Press Alert: DC Office of Planning Has Abandoned Racial Equity at 17th & U Street NW Luxury Upzoning - Press Alert: Community Asks that 17 & U Luxury Rezoning be Dismissed for Lack of Community Outreach
Press Alert: Save DC Public Land: The 1617 Project January 29, 2024 DC Residents Ask that the 17th & U Street… Read more: Press Alert: Community Asks that 17 & U Luxury Rezoning be Dismissed for Lack of Community Outreach - Zoning Commission Chair Anthony Hood Agrees with Community, Wants More Public Outreach
Press Alert: Save DC Public Land: The 1617 ProjectJanuary 24, 2024 Ward One City Councilmember Brianne Nadeau Says Black Neighbors Have… Read more: Zoning Commission Chair Anthony Hood Agrees with Community, Wants More Public Outreach - Public record shows vast opposition to the luxury upzoning proposed at 17th and U Street NW
Looking at the public Zoning record one will find overwhelming opposition to the proposed upzoning by those actually living in the… Read more: Public record shows vast opposition to the luxury upzoning proposed at 17th and U Street NW - Giving thanks for your support!
Your gifts in the form of letters and testimony, organizing, and dissent to the city’s top-down imposition of privatization & displacement… Read more: Giving thanks for your support! - “Dose of Humility”
— Forwarded message — From: William Jordan <whj@melanet.com>Date: Mon, Dec 18, 2023Subject: [adamsmorgan] 1619 U St Upzone: Leonsis, Bozzuto, & Crime… Read more: “Dose of Humility” - Competing FAQs!
Everyone needs information to make informed decisions. Since there has never been a community forum specific to 1617 U Street to… Read more: Competing FAQs! - What’s our alternative, what do we want?
Save DC Public Land: Working for a Safe & Affordable U Street We want our public land to stay public We… Read more: What’s our alternative, what do we want? - How did we get here? Recalling the 2021 Comp Plan Amendment for 1617 U Street
The DC Comprehensive Plan is DC’s central planning document that guides all future redevelopment and affects the entire city. Find out… Read more: How did we get here? Recalling the 2021 Comp Plan Amendment for 1617 U Street - What’s going on with the Third District Police Station and Engine 9 site anyway?
THIS IS YOUR LAND! The city wants to give away the 2-acres of public land (and air rights) at 1617 U… Read more: What’s going on with the Third District Police Station and Engine 9 site anyway? - DC’s Attorney General Sues Landlords for Price Fixing Rents
For Release: Immediately Info: (202) 288-1921 DC ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES LANDLORDS FOR PRICE FIXING RENTS IS YOUR LANDLORD OR… Read more: DC’s Attorney General Sues Landlords for Price Fixing Rents - Update on the OP Office of Development Review and Zoning
We have finally found out who will be representing the Mayor and Office of Planning and their application to remap the… Read more: Update on the OP Office of Development Review and Zoning - Homelessness Grows At Record Pace Even As Oversupply Plagues High-End Multifamily Market
Homelessness Grows At Record Pace Even As Oversupply Plagues High-End Multifamily Market NationalAffordable Housing August 14, 2023 Matthew Rothstein, Bisnow Philadelphia The… Read more: Homelessness Grows At Record Pace Even As Oversupply Plagues High-End Multifamily Market - Another Alternative to Trickle-Down Luxury Housing: CLT’s
Kerry Kemp/Neighborhood Issues/Housing/Community Land Trusts — KK research-July 2023.docx 7/24/23 3:07 PM SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ON COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS (CLTs) In… Read more: Another Alternative to Trickle-Down Luxury Housing: CLT’s - Community Letters and Agency Reports Sent to the Zoning Commission (so far)
DC Zoning Hearing Record 23-02 Map Amendment Link to All Exhibits (Paginated) https://app.dcoz.dc.gov/CaseReport/ViewExhibitsReport.aspx?case_id=23-02 List of some key exhibits (certainly not… Read more: Community Letters and Agency Reports Sent to the Zoning Commission (so far) - Dear Councilmember Pinto: About that “monstrous apartment project” at 1617 U Street
Email note dated July 23, 2023 from Longtime Ward Two Resident, Charles Ellis to Ward Two Councilmember, Brooke Pinto. — Dear… Read more: Dear Councilmember Pinto: About that “monstrous apartment project” at 1617 U Street - 6 Properties Show How D.C.’s Fire Station Redevelopment Pipeline Is Heating Up
BISNOW, July 11, 2023, Emily Wishingrad, Washington, D.C. The D.C. government is steadily overhauling its fire station fleet. Over the past… Read more: 6 Properties Show How D.C.’s Fire Station Redevelopment Pipeline Is Heating Up - How the Mayor pitched (YOUR LAND) 1617 U Street to her audience of real estate speculators
The Deputy Mayor’s Office on Planning and Economic Development Hosts:March Madness 2023 Closeup of 1617 U Street, 2023 DMPED: March Madness… Read more: How the Mayor pitched (YOUR LAND) 1617 U Street to her audience of real estate speculators - Premier FAQ on Controversial 1617 U Street Redevelopment Published by the Community
<Press Alert> Contact U Street AIR Community Produces 1st Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About the Controversial 1617 U Street Redevelopment;… Read more: Premier FAQ on Controversial 1617 U Street Redevelopment Published by the Community - Frequently Asked Questions: 1617 U Street
(Version 1.3: updated July 20, 2023) 1. Is 1617 U Street public land? Yes. All 1.88 acres of land… Read more: Frequently Asked Questions: 1617 U Street - INCLUSIONARY ZONING #FAIL
DC’s primary “affordable” housing program, Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) has failed the city and our vulnerable residents yet serves as the rationale… Read more: INCLUSIONARY ZONING #FAIL - Comments on 1617 U Street by Ward One Parent, Engineer, and Anti-Displacement Advocate — William Jordan
The 1617U project and policy approach is more inline with SW Urban Renewal than the gentrification seen in the Dupont neighborhood… Read more: Comments on 1617 U Street by Ward One Parent, Engineer, and Anti-Displacement Advocate — William Jordan - 1617 U Street: Zoning Hearing Continued Again Until Thursday, January 29, 2024
On Monday, June 26, 2023, the Mayor had expected the DC Zoning Commission to rubber-stamp upzoning of 1617 U Street to… Read more: 1617 U Street: Zoning Hearing Continued Again Until Thursday, January 29, 2024 - DC’s “sordid track record” of public land giveaways
The last decade shows how DC taxpayers have been fleeced in public land lease-aways and sell-offs (see some examples below). News… Read more: DC’s “sordid track record” of public land giveaways - Map Amendment Could Pave Way For Big U Street Redevelopment
URBAN TURF ONLINE REAL ESTATE BLOG — “Map Amendment Could Pave Way For Big U Street Redevelopment” January 25, 2023 by… Read more: Map Amendment Could Pave Way For Big U Street Redevelopment - Public Land Should Be Used for Public Purposes/ Dupont Circle Citizens Association Opposes Upzoning of Police/Fire Station Land
DCCA Membership Says: Public Land Should Be Used For Public Purposes Last night at its June 5, 2023 Monthly Meeting the… Read more: Public Land Should Be Used for Public Purposes/ Dupont Circle Citizens Association Opposes Upzoning of Police/Fire Station Land - Brianne Nadeau Newsletter “Playgrounds, Parking, Park View & Public Library”
Highlighted excerpt: “Councilmember Pinto joined me in an amendment adding $50,000 to the D.C. Public Library budget to fund a study… Read more: Brianne Nadeau Newsletter “Playgrounds, Parking, Park View & Public Library” - Councilmember Brianne Nadeau: “I had a town hall” to UpFLUM 1617 U Street & “[The project] will NOT go to HPRB”
ANC1B May 2023 monthly meeting had a special guest: Councilmember Brianne Nadeau. https://www.youtube.com/live/4tBTbNxMRw4?feature=share&t=3115 During public Q&A, a question was asked: “Why… Read more: Councilmember Brianne Nadeau: “I had a town hall” to UpFLUM 1617 U Street & “[The project] will NOT go to HPRB” - Team USA has the only community survey seeking feedback on the game-changing rezoning being compelled onto neighbors
At the Adams Morgan ANC meeting at the end of May, the Mayor’s Office declared it will not go door to… Read more: Team USA has the only community survey seeking feedback on the game-changing rezoning being compelled onto neighbors - Vienna: Lessons From a Renters’ Utopia
See this NYT article on social rental public housing as it currently works in Vienna, Austria. This article shows that Vienna’s… Read more: Vienna: Lessons From a Renters’ Utopia - Police and Fire Stations: Land Use & DesignWe’ve heard the Mayor’s planners, namely Daniel Lyons with DMPED say that the police and fire stations will come back to… Read more: Police and Fire Stations: Land Use & Design
- DMPED refrain: “There is no project before us”
DMPED has been publicly stating there is no project right now to actually discuss or fund. Yet the DC Department of… Read more: DMPED refrain: “There is no project before us” - ANC 1C Further “Discussion” of 1617 U Street Project starts at 10PM at night!ANC 1C PZT May 17, 2023 Recap 1617 U Street project discussion: https://www.youtube.com/live/MXsEYU5jebg?feature=share&t=8941 Commissioner Margaret Stevens had a conversation with the… Read more: ANC 1C Further “Discussion” of 1617 U Street Project starts at 10PM at night!
- DDoT: “It is estimated that a maximum of 408 rez units with 65k SF retail could be constructed on-site if the rezoning to MU-10 is granted”
Here are some quotes from some recent OFFICIAL documents put up on the zoning page for this project: DC Deputy Mayor… Read more: DDoT: “It is estimated that a maximum of 408 rez units with 65k SF retail could be constructed on-site if the rezoning to MU-10 is granted” - WUSA9 — Battle over plans to turn a police station and fire house in Northwest DC into a condo building, News Video, May 9, 2023
Delia Goncalves , WUSA9 :: People who live near U Street say they’ve been left out of the process. Some fear… Read more: WUSA9 — Battle over plans to turn a police station and fire house in Northwest DC into a condo building, News Video, May 9, 2023 - ANC Commissioners Speak Against Radical Upzoning at 1617 U Street; Ward One Councilmember Brianne Nadeau Commits Funding to a Project That Doesn’t Yet Exist (unless it already does)
U Street AIR Press alert :: Contact (202) 854-1822 ANC Commissioners Speak Against Radical Upzoning at 1617 U Street; Ward One… Read more: ANC Commissioners Speak Against Radical Upzoning at 1617 U Street; Ward One Councilmember Brianne Nadeau Commits Funding to a Project That Doesn’t Yet Exist (unless it already does) - Making Social Housing a Reality in the District
How DC can use public resources for the public good Making Social Housing a Reality in the District Click HERE to read… Read more: Making Social Housing a Reality in the District - Did you know that the Generalized Land Use Map has the north half of our 1617 U Street site designated as a Neighborhood Conservation Area
The DC Generalized Policy Map (GPM) is one of two key DC maps found in the DC Comprehensive Plan (the other… Read more: Did you know that the Generalized Land Use Map has the north half of our 1617 U Street site designated as a Neighborhood Conservation Area - CM Brianne Nadeau’s Letter in Support of a Library at 1617 U Street
Original link here. February 1, 2023Letter in Support of a Public Library as Part of 1617 U St. Development Requests that… Read more: CM Brianne Nadeau’s Letter in Support of a Library at 1617 U Street - The Split is It: Subdividing the 2-acre public site to grant higher density along U Street, and much lower densities along 17th and V Streets
Subdivision & Mixed Zoning at 17th & U Street NW In considering any proposal for redevelopment at 1617 U Street… Read more: The Split is It: Subdividing the 2-acre public site to grant higher density along U Street, and much lower densities along 17th and V Streets - The Center for Social Housing & Public Investment Unveils Resource Site
Join the Movement for Social Housing – A Real Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis. Greetings, I am excited to officially… Read more: The Center for Social Housing & Public Investment Unveils Resource Site - Green New Deal for Housing Bill Re-Introduced!
Councilmember Janeese Lewis George's Green New Deal for Housing legislation was reintroduced at the DC Council this past week. https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B25-0191 This… Read more: Green New Deal for Housing Bill Re-Introduced! - Mayor’s Office of Planning Application to Upzone 1617 U Street Site
The DC Office of Planning has submitted an application and report to the DC Zoning Commission to upzone the 1617 U… Read more: Mayor’s Office of Planning Application to Upzone 1617 U Street Site
