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the DC Zoning Commission and finalized a
Community Benefits Agreement. The project
is currently in pre development with approved
financing by DMPED, it is expected to break
ground by November of 2018.
The Beacon Center | Under Construction
In Brightwood, for over 10 years Emory United
Methodist Church and Emory Beacon of Light
have been working to build The Beacon Center
- a mixed use project with 99 units of affordable
housing on church land. There was even a last
minute snag requiring WIN congregations to
support the project at the Historic Preservation
review Board after the site was declared too
historic to alter. The Project finally broke ground
on October 7, 2016, and is currently under
construction.
Other Developments in The Pipeline
•
Kingston Apartments (ward 4

Brightwood), 23 Units of TOPA

preservation. Funded and waiting for
development.
•
Eden Place Phase II, (ward 7

Deanwood), 34 Units of affordable for-

sale homes.
•
Langston/Slater Schools (ward 5) WIN

is pushing for this public land to be put

up for an RFP for development of

affordable housing
Photo by David Choy
Affordable Housing: 2019-2022
WIN’s strategy around affordable housing
involves building institutional bases of faith
leaders & tenants capable of long term
campaigns, pressing for increases in subsidy
for affordable housing, vigorous research of
underutilized public and non-profit land, and
challenging developers to maximize affordable
housing when they request city subsidy.
In 2017 WIN leaders, organized research
actions to identify public land with a goal of
securing commitments for another 3
​ ,000+ units
of affordable housing on public land during the
next administration.
2018 MIDYEAR REPORT
Photo by David Choy
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