Rebuilding Downtown with Affordable Housing

C100 advocates for comprehensive planning for a downtown comeback that requires affordable housing in all residential development or redevelopment to ensure access to jobs, supportive services, and amenities. DC downtown is almost entirely built out. DC has the 3rd...

Downtown

Office buildings dominate DC’s Downtown. However, the shift in office habits prompted by the coronavirus pandemic has caused Downtown to be emptier than it was previously. The corresponding decline in the value of office buildings downtown also has affected the...

Affordable Housing Mission and Principles

Mission Statement The Committee of 100 on the Federal City advocates for a racially and economically inclusive city through policies and programs that will produce greater housing affordability for low- and moderate-income people. We promote a broad range of...

Rental Housing Assistance

The District of Columbia provides several forms of rental assistance to low-income tenants to promote housing stability and to avoid potential displacement through eviction. The agencies administering rental assistance are the DC Housing Authority and the Department...

Affordable Housing Preservation and New Construction

C100 prioritizes preservation of the city’s existing housing stock and expansion of the inventory of new affordable housing with family-sized units of 2-3+ bedrooms for the most vulnerable residents in all parts of the city. We focus on how the city sets affordable...

Social Housing

The term social housing is commonly used to describe a range of housing ownership, subsidy, and regulation models in Europe, South America and elsewhere around the globe. Recently, Montgomery County, MD has initiated a social housing program. Social housing models...