DC’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act granted the 1400 Aspen Street Tenants Association the right to seize their building after a decade long fight. LISC, supplemented by the Department of Housing and Community Development’s Preservation Loan Fund, provided $3.9 million in acquisition financing to the association. Since rising above the COVID-19 pandemic and buyout offers, …

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and The Urban Land Institute (ULI) are pleased to announce the successful completion of a Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) focused on the greater Capitol Heights and Seat Pleasant areas in Prince George’s County. TAPs engage experts in development, planning, and placemaking and are designed to work with communities to address …

by Ashley Rosado

DC history is Black history, and Black History Month is rooted in Shaw, the neighborhood where Carter G. Woodson studied, wrote and advocated. From incredible art and culture to go-go music, to many “firsts” in the federal government – you cannot go anywhere in DC without being somewhere heavily influenced by the Black community – …