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Advocates demand $60 million annual public-housing repairs and a statutory right to return
Summary
Multiple community groups and residents urged the Committee on Housing to restore and expand public-housing repair funding, press for stronger resident rights in redevelopment and to change DCHA’s board appointment process to increase resident representation.
At the May 30 oversight hearing, public-housing residents and advocates pressed the Committee on Housing to make a recurring commitment to preserve and repair D.C.’s public housing and to enshrine residents’ rights in local law.
Speakers from Empower DC, SOME, Jubilee Housing and tenant groups told the committee the Mayor’s allocation of $52.4 million spread over FY26 and FY27 is insufficient and unstable. “We are calling for $60,000,000 per year for public housing repairs and increased council oversight,” Farrah Fassay of…
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