The D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development creates and preserves opportunities for affordable housing and economic development and to revitalize underserved communities in the District of Columbia. The department fulfills its mission by providing gap financing; increasing first-time homeownership opportunities; providing funding to rehabilitate single-family and multi-family homes; supporting communities through neighborhood based activities; providing funding for homelessness prevention; addressing vacant and abandoned properties.

Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C. believes that everyone deserves a house they want to call home. That’s why we work to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness in the nation’s capital by building affordable, energy- and resource-efficient homes for people in need. DC Habitat builds and rehabilitates homes in order to sell them at below market prices to families who are ineligible for conventional financing. For more information, visit www.dchabitat.org.

Launched in Ward 7 and focused on the communities that border the Anacostia River and the region of the Anacostia watershed, Groundwork Anacostia River DC utilizes environmental restoration goals as a vehicle for community development. GWARDC’s objectives are to: 1) Increase the capacity of residents and stakeholders to improve, care for, and promote their local environment, 2) Reclaim vacant and derelict lands for conservation, recreation, and economic development, and 3) Reconnect residents to their neighborhoods’ environmental assets, including parks, open spaces, and the Anacostia River and its tributaries.

Our local Deanwood partner, Sylvia Brown, ANC 7C04. A bio for Sylvia Brown is coming soon, or check out the ANC 7C04 Twitter page!

Parsons The New School for Design and Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at The New School are a vital part of The New School, a university with a legacy of progressive ideals, scholarship, and pedagogy. One of world’s leading schools of art and design education, Parsons offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the full spectrum of disciplines, creatively and critically addressing the complexities of life in the 21st century. Milano trains leaders for the nonprofit, public, and private sectors, blending theory with hands-on practice, and progressive thinking with social commitment.

Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University ^TM, lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research.  The University’s students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management. Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts.