Preservation of Affordable Housing in Washington, DC:

Beyond the Nuts and Bolts

DC Housing Preservation Strike Force March 11, 2016

Kathryn Howell, PhD klhowell@vcu.edu

• Affordable Housing in Columbia Heights • Legal rights and funding • Existing Stock of project based Section 8 housing • Organizing and advocacy

SUBSIDIZED HOUSING STOCK

Washington, DC Concentration of Subsidized Housing by tract, 2014

1983 Affordable Housing Stock by Current Status

HOPE VI In Progress Lost Preserved

ORGANIZING AND DATA SHARING

DCPN Creates the Conditions for Preservation – Data sharing; – Convening a diverse set of actors – Building relationships and trust; and – Facilitating institutional and individual learning

about processes and programs.

PRESERVATION AND LOSS IN DC

All Properties on the DC Preservation Network Agenda,

2008-2015

Reason for Building Appearance on the Agenda All Buildings Lost

Bankruptcy/ Foreclosure/ Termination 7.9% 42.7% Conditions 6.0% 0.0% Condo Conversion 1.2% 10.8% Expiring Use 45.5% 9.2% Failing REAC 9.5% 0.0% Missing Data 8.7% 9.4% Notice of Sale 6.9% 21.4% Opt Out Notice 0.6% 6.5% Prepayment 0.4% 0.0% Redevelopment 8.7% 0.0% Tenant Rights Violation 2.7% 0.0%

Lost Subsidized Properties, 2008-2015 Building Name Reason(s) it was on the agenda Year lost Funding Source CAS Associates Missing Data 2008 Section 8 Fifteenth Street Cooperative Opt-Out Notice 2008 Section 8 Chastleton Apts Failing REAC, Condo Conversion 2008 Section 8 New Amsterdam (Colombia Uptown) Notice of Sale 2009 Unknown Williston Apartments Opt Out Notice 2008 CDBG Glendale Apartments Expiring Subsidy 2008 Section 8 Bishop Walter McCollough Senior Court Missing Data 2009 Section 8? 1204 Talbert Street SE Termination 2009 Section 8 Geraldine Termination, Failing REAC 2011 Section 8 The Wingate Termination 2012 221/LIHTC/TE Bonds 1425 T Street Cooperative Condo Conversion, Expiring Subsidy 2012 HAP/Multicultural Eaton Road Apartments Missing Data, Condo Conversion 2012 LIHTC Lincoln Westmoreland II Opt Out Notice 2014 Section 8 Capital Towers Elderly Termination 2014 236 Greenway Gardens Notice of Sale 2015 Mod Rehab/LIHTC Elsinore Courtyards* Termination, Expiring Subsidy 2015 Section 8/LIHTC Randolph Towers* Termination 2015 Local Funds Museum Square One Apartments Notice of Sale 2015 223(a)/221(d)/Section 8 IDI Facilities Expiring Subsidy 2015 Nursing Home Sayles Place Expiring Subsidy 2015 236/McKinney Act

Lost Subsidized Buildings, 2008-2015

Neighborhood Characteristics of DCPN Properties

Total Lost Low Poverty Repeat Appearance

1/4 mile from Metro 44 6 23 21

1/2 mile from Metro 97 12 58 41

1/4 Mile from Revitalization Area 100 12 50 43

1/2 Mile from Revitalization Area 127 18 63 51

All DCPN Properties 161 20 75 65

Questions?

Kathryn Howell, PhD

Assistant Professor, Urban/Regional Studies & Planning Virginia Commonwealth University

klhowell@vcu.edu