{"id":5790,"date":"2026-05-18T18:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/?p=5790"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:06:33","slug":"ward-one-candidates-on-the-future-of-1617-u-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2026\/05\/18\/ward-one-candidates-on-the-future-of-1617-u-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Ward One Candidates on the Future of 1617 U Street"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are responses to our <a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2026-election\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two-point questionnaire<\/a> as provided by the 2026 candidates vying to win the Democratic Primary on June 16, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rashida Brown [<a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2026\/05\/15\/2026-candidate-questionnaire-rashida-brown\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miguel Deramo [<a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2026\/05\/15\/candidate-2026-questionnaire-miguel-deramo\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terry Lynch [<a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2026\/05\/15\/2026-candidate-questionnaire-terry-lynch\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5776\">click here<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aparna Raj [<a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2026\/05\/15\/candidate-2026-questionnaire-aparna-raj\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5771\">click here<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jackie Reyes [<a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2026\/05\/15\/2026-candidate-questionnaire-jackie-reyes\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5778\">click here<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading lemmony-animation\" style=\"--lemmony-animation-name:lemmonyFadeIn;animation-duration:var(--lemmony-speed-xfast)\">Here are some candidate response highlights as to social housing at 1617 U Street and beyond:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure style=\"--lemmony-animation-name:lemmonyFadeInUp;animation-duration:var(--lemmony-speed-xfast)\" class=\"wp-block-table lemmony-animation\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"153\" class=\"wp-image-5786\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_14-07-34.png\" alt=\"Jackie Reyes on 1617 U\" srcset=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_14-07-34.png 419w, https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_14-07-34-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br>Jackie Reyes<\/td><td>&#8220;Public land is a public good, and we must use it to serve the long-term needs of our residents &#8230; through a social housing model.&#8221; <\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"156\" class=\"wp-image-5785\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_14-04-31.png\" alt=\"Aparna Raj on 1617 U\" srcset=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_14-04-31.png 455w, https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_14-04-31-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br>Aparna Raj<\/td><td>&#8220;We need to test and implement new approaches to address the housing crisis, including tenant-controlled, municipally owned social housing.&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"143\" class=\"wp-image-5784\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_14-02-53.png\" alt=\"Terry Lynch on 1617 U\" srcset=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_14-02-53.png 348w, https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_14-02-53-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br>Terry Lynch<\/td><td>&#8220;I have committed to 1250 new [social housing] units in Ward 1&nbsp;.&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"182\" class=\"wp-image-5781\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_13-56-59.png\" alt=\"Miguel Deramo on the future of 1617 U Street\" srcset=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_13-56-59.png 371w, https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_13-56-59-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br>Miguel Deramo<\/td><td>&#8220;I appointed as my first housing advisor someone who has been deeply involved in publicly financed mixed-income housing (i.e., social housing) in Montgomery County, and specifically asked them to advise me as to how DC can adapt the MoCo model and create social housing here.&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"152\" class=\"wp-image-5782\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_13-58-56.png\" alt=\"Rashida Brown on 1617 U\" srcset=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_13-58-56.png 440w, https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-15_13-58-56-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br>Rashida Brown<\/td><td>&#8220;I am a supporter of social housing!&nbsp;&#8220;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are responses to our two-point questionnaire as provided by the 2026 candidates vying to win the Democratic Primary on June 16, 2026. Here are some candidate response highlights as to social housing at 1617 U Street and beyond: Jackie Reyes &#8220;Public land is a public good, and we must use it to serve the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1617u"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ward1candidates.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5790"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5797,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions\/5797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}