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A Message From Mayor Muriel BowserIn 2019, we set out to meet a bold goal – build 36,000 new homes in five years. To get it done, we made historic investments in affordable housing, we worked strategically with our housing partners, and we made DC the first city in the nation to set affordable housing goals by neighborhood. I’m proud that DC has been leading the region in this work, and looking ahead, we know that we must sustain and maintain these investments so that we can continue building on our progress. – Mayor Muriel Bowser A Bold VisionIn 2019, Mayor Muriel Bowser set an ambitious goal to create 36,000 new homes by 2025. This effort would expand the competitive supply of housing, moderate increases in housing costs, provide relief to a broad range of middle-income families, and reduce pressure on the supply of housing serving lower incomes. The Mayor’s housing goal included a special provision – of the 36,000 new homes to be produced, a third of those homes, 12,000, must be affordable. Meeting the Housing GoalMeeting this goal represents a signature achievement of Mayor Bowser’s administration and has oriented the District’s housing production strategy moving forward. Setting the goal and working to achieve it revealed several key lessons for DC government and lessons for other cities as they invest in building more homes and preserving affordability. To meet the housing goal the District:
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Read on for our responseWhat's Next?As the District plans for the next 5 to 10 years and beyond, the following actions will contribute to the stabilization of the housing market and the production of new homes:
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Housing Costs are RisingOur PartnersMeeting the housing goal was a join effort championed by: the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), the Office of Planning (OP), the Department of Buildings (DOB), and DC Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA), the DC Housing Authority (DCHA).
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