By Mike Dranove (Guest Contributor) • April 21, 2020
Town of Vienna residents have begun mailing in ballots to select the town’s next mayor in an election that promises to be yet another referendum on whether or not to ease the town’s strict height and density limits.
By Alex Baca (Housing Program Organizer) • April 21, 2020
In February, we introduced the three candidates in the Democratic at-large race: Nathan Brown, Tyrone Carmichael, and incumbent Robert C. White, Jr. GGWash has previously endorsed White, who, while on the Council, has made education, affordable housing, workforce development, and aiding returning citizens his focus.
By Kimberly Bender (Guest Contributor) • April 21, 2020
How is Washington, DC like this scene from Ghostbusters 2? Like the fictionalized residents of New York City in 1989, most present-day Washingtonians are unaware that an unusual river of slime runs beneath their city. (But ours is not paranormal). Here’s the story.
Congress plans on passing another pandemic bailout package, but it will not include additional funding for DC. Washington got $700 million less than each state did in the first round of federal aid. (Fenit Nirappil / Post)
A survey from the National Restaurant Association found that 75% of restaurant employees in Maryland and 78% in Virginia were laid off or furloughed. The association belives that the industry will need $240 billion for most restaurants to be able to survive the pandemic. (Hannah Schuster / WAMU)
The County Council is considering a plan to provide $2 million in rent relief to go towards emergency eviction protection and rapid rehousing. The bill would also be able to help people with informal housing arrangements who are not covered by a formal lease and current eviction protections. (Briana Adhikusuma / Bethesda Beat)
The DC Council is working on a bill to offer commercial and residential mortgage relief for up to 90 days after the state of emergency is lifted. The bill mandates that commercial property owners who use the program must offer some relief to their tenants as well. (Alex Koma / WBJ)
The developer of a planned seven-story building on N. Kirkland Road in Virginia Square requested permission from the county planning board to add 15 units, four of them affordable, to the building without adding more stories. (ARL Now)
Milan introduced a plan to add wider sidewalks, bigger bike lanes, and slower speed limits to 22 miles of streets in the city in order to create more space for people, and hold off a spike in car use, after pandemic restrictions are lifted. (Laura Laker / Guardian)
