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Preservation from the bottom-up: affordable housing, redevelopment, and negotiation in Washington, DC

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  • Kathryn Howell

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Previous iterations of large-scale redevelopment were been marked by displacement of the residents whose homes stood in the way of perceived progress. Now these neighborhoods face a new kind of urban renewal. A city with significant vacancy and city government ownership, Washington, DC, is in the process of rapid infill redevelopment. As property values surrounding city-backed developments that were once affordable increase, residents struggle to afford housing. DC has developed significant tools for the preservation of affordable housing, including an existing stock of subsidized housing, legal and financial resources, and a network of organizers and advocates that have given many residents in changing neighborhoods the opportunity to remain. This paper uses the example of Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC to examine potential strategies to preserve affordable housing in rapidly changing housing markets.

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  • Kathryn Howell, 2016. "Preservation from the bottom-up: affordable housing, redevelopment, and negotiation in Washington, DC," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(3), pages 305-323, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:31:y:2016:i:3:p:305-323
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2015.1080819
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    1. Flora Lindsay-Herrera, 2019. "One City for All? The Characteristics of Residential Displacement in Southwest Washington, DC," Land, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-14, February.

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