Kennedy Center

Mar 31, 2026 | Active, Featured Initiatives, Historic Preservation

Completed in 1971, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, designed by architect Edward Durell Stone, and landscape architect Ed Stone, Jr., with Sasaki, Walker and Associates, and Lester Collins, is an iconic architectural treasure that serves both as the...

Fair Housing Act and Racial Equity

Mar 5, 2026 | Active, Featured Initiatives, Housing

The federal Fair Housing Act prevents people from being discriminated against in securing housing. Its protections extend to ownership and rental activities, and housing assistance programs. The District of Columbia (DC) is required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to consistently strive to remove…

National Mall and Federal Enclave

Mar 5, 2026 | Active, Planning

Including Museums, Monuments and Memorials   This important area of the city is a particular focus of the Committee of 100 because of its importance to the city and its identity, and because there is generally no local residential population to monitor and...

Rent Stabilization And Control

Mar 4, 2026 | Active, Housing

The Committee of 100 recognizes the vital role that the District’s rent stabilization/rent control law has played in protecting many renters from displacement and in contributing to the spectrum of affordable housing in DC. The Rental Housing Act of 1985 does not...

Public Housing

Feb 25, 2026 | Active, Featured Initiatives, Housing

C100 has recognized the crucial role of public housing for DC’s most vulnerable residents. Through the DC Housing Authority (DCHA), the District government provides housing for extremely low-income residents including seniors and those with disabilities. C100 has...

Planning and Zoning Oversight

Feb 23, 2026 | Active, Featured Initiatives, Planning, Zoning

The Committee of 100 participates in Council oversight of the Office of Planning, the Office of Zoning, the Zoning Commission, and the Board of Zoning Adjustment to convey how these agencies and bodies interact to support sound land use and development decision-making and the public interest.