WIN Annual Reports April 2019 Midyear Report | Page 8

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WAS H I N G T O N I N T E RF AI T H N E T WO RK
affordable housing
201 9-2022 STRATEGY
WIN Leaders Cynthia Eaglin and Rufaro Jenkins (above) played a
central role in the fight for their former home, Parkway Overlook.
WIN's strategy around affordable housing
involves building institutional bases of faith
leaders and 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 subsidy.
DC has added over $732 million to its Housing
Production Trust Fund in the past decade,
making it one of the most funded in the nation.
Such dedicated funding to affordable housing
would not be possible without the strong, on-
the-ground organizing from WIN and other
community organizations. In the past year, WIN
has launched 3 new affordable housing
campaigns in Ward 1 and brought out over 400
people on an educational campaign to learn
about housing in Wards 7 and 8 (see page 12).
837
units
of affordable housing at
sites WIN organizes
approved or completed
in the past year
$36
million
dedicated since 201 8 to
affordable housing at
sites WIN organizes