More Housing, Stable Rents
Buying or renting a home should be affordable for DC residents in all eight wards. Our neighborhoods are at their best when longtime residents can afford to stay, and newcomers can find a place to call home. Right now, the District is falling short of that vision. The people who make DC run — educators, nurses, bus drivers, and public servants — often cannot afford to live in the city where they work. Rising rents and home prices are displacing longtime neighbors. Evictions are surging while housing investment is drying up. Homeownership remains a distant dream for most young people raised in DC. And far too many families and seniors live in dangerous housing conditions because they can’t safer options.
Housing in DC needs to work for all of us. The solution is to deliver immediate relief to working families, while also acting boldly to make housing affordable for the long haul. As Mayor I’ll expand rent stabilization and fight to ensure every tenant has safe and dignified housing. I’ll make sure housing agencies fund the most worthy affordable housing projects — not those that most benefit political allies. I’ll work to create more housing in DC by removing barriers, building near transit corridors, and allowing more types of homes in more places. And when people fall on hard times, I’ll make sure DC has dependable rental assistance and voucher programs to help our neighbors get back on their feet.
As Mayor, I’ll keep working to strengthen protections for tenants, improve agency operations, and drive down the cost of housing by building new homes all over DC.