WIN organizes with public housing residents for dignified, healthy housing without displacement.
Building Power with Residents
WIN leaders are deepening relationships with our neighbors in DC public housing across the District to ensure ALL resident voices are heard and that the DCHA (District of Columbia Housing Authority) remains accountable to residents.
WIN is organizing to ensure public housing properties across the District can voice and act on their concerns—from lead and mold remediation to maintaining affordability.
RAD Done Right
Public housing has been chronically underfunded year after year. In 2012, Congress created the RAD program (Rental Assistance Demonstration) with the hopes of allowing public housing authorities to work with partners who want to invest in building improvements.
Alongside public housing residents, WIN leaders have researched the ways this program can succeed and the ways it can fail. We are organizing to keep residents centered in the decision-making process, build first where possible, address ongoing maintenance issues, and prevent displacement.
Our Vision
We want to see renovated and updated public housing where our neighbors can live in dignity without being displaced. WIN is organizing to ensure public housing properties across the District can voice and act on their concerns—from lead and mold remediation to maintaining affordability and building first.
What We’re Organizing For
WIN is organizing for the renovation of public housing so people can live in dignity without displacement. Specifically:
Resident-Led Decision-Making
Commitment to working with WIN and residents in Benning Terrace, Hopkins, Judiciary House, Langston, Potomac Gardens Senior and Family, and Districtwide around their specific resident-led priorities and visions for repairs, renovations, and redevelopment.
Increase—Never Decrease—Affordable Units
Redevelopment and renovation must INCREASE and never DECREASE the number of affordable units. 1:1 replacement should mean replacement in-kind so that a three-bedroom unit replaces a three-bedroom unit. If an accessible unit is destroyed, then this unit should be replaced with an accessible unit.
Build First to Minimize Displacement
Too often, the promise of redevelopment has led to displacement. New units should be built first before residents have to relocate.
Get Involved
Public housing organizing is led by residents themselves, supported by WIN member institutions. To join this work:
- Connect with organizers working at your property
- Attend resident meetings and research actions
- Join public actions holding DCHA accountable