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Fast Facts:

  • DC was home to 702,250 people and had 368,736 housing units in 2024. Since 2010, DC has added an average of 7,100 people and 5,100 housing units per year.
  • Fifty-eight percent of households were renters and 47 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.
  • DC exceeded the annual production target of 4,587 units, with 6,614 new units built in 2025. Cumulatively, DC has produced at least 46,465 units since 2019, exceeding its 7-year target of 32,109.
  • DC adopted the 2030 COG housing targets and established a goal of 36,000 new homes by 2025, 12,000 of which are to be affordable below 80 percent of DC's median family income. Both goals were met (PDF).
Sources: Census Population and Housing Unit Estimates, Decennial Census, American Community Survey (2020-24), and the HIT survey of local jurisdictions.
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Policy Status

Solving the region's affordable housing crisis requires a portfolio of policies to preserve existing affordable housing, produce more housing, and protect people from discrimination and displacement.

Right of First Refusal

  • Adopted: District of Columbia

Preservation Inventory - Subsidized

  • Adopted: District of Columbia

Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized

  • Not adopted: District of Columbia

Rental Assistance Demonstration

  • Adopted: District of Columbia

Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners

  • Adopted: District of Columbia

Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing

  • Adopted: District of Columbia

Housing Outcomes

Local jurisdictions submitted data to enable the region to track housing production, preservation, and rental affordability.

Structural Racism

Discriminatory actions and racist public policies have produced inequitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of color in the Washington region, including lower incomes and wealth, lower homeownership rates, and higher rates of housing cost burden.

Housing Context

Understanding how household incomes relate to the supply of affordable rental and homeownership units will inform jurisdictions' efforts to meet the current and future housing needs of residents.

Elected Officials

  1. Muriel Bowser

    Muriel Bowser

    Mayor

  2. Phil Mendelson

    Phil Mendelson

    Chairman

  3. Anita Bonds

    Anita Bonds

    Chair Pro Tempore; At-Large Council Member

  4. Doni Crawford

    Doni Crawford

    At-Large Council Member

  5. Robert C. White, Jr.

    Robert C. White, Jr.

    At-Large Council Member

  6. Christina Henderson

    Christina Henderson

    At-Large Council Member

  7. Brianne K. Nadeau

    Brianne K. Nadeau

    Council Member - Ward 1

  8. Brooke Pinto

    Brooke Pinto

    Council Member - Ward 2

  9. Matthew Frumin

    Matthew Frumin

    Council Member - Ward 3

  10. Janeese Lewis George

    Janeese Lewis George

    Council Member - Ward 4

  11. Zachary Parker

    Zachary Parker

    Council Member - Ward 5

  12. Charles Allen

    Charles Allen

    Council Member - Ward 6

  13. Wendell Felder

    Wendell Felder

    Council Member - Ward 7

  14. Trayon White, Sr.

    Trayon White, Sr.

    Council Member - Ward 8

Equity Officer

  1. Dr. Amber Hewitt

    Dr. Amber Hewitt

    Chief Equity Officer

Housing Officials

  1. Keith Pettigrew

    Keith Pettigrew

    Chief Executive Officer, DC Housing Authority

  2. Christopher E. Donald

    Christopher E. Donald

    Executive Director & CEO, DC Housing Finance Agency

  3. Colleen Green

    Colleen Green

    Director, Department of Housing and Community Development