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The main hall, balcony and pews of Foundry Methodist Church were entirely filled by District residents on March 5 to demonstrate their support for ending homelessness and creating affordable housing in D.C.

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Hundreds of people, including advocacy groups, housing organizations and D.C. residents, gathered on Saturday to call for more affordable housing in the District.

The Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development organized the event held at Foundry United Methodist Church in Northwest.

WASHINGTON — More than a thousand people packed Foundry United Methodist Church on Saturday morning. “People are anxious,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said in front of a standing room only crowd at the church. The group gathered to push for the next steps in achieving affordable housing efforts.

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The high cost of real estate in the District has been an impediment to many potential homebuyers, especially millennials. But now some D.C. Council members are hoping to make home ownership a little more affordable by reducing some taxes buyers pay when they record a property with the city.

On the morning of February 7, people of all backgrounds filled the sanctuary of Calvary Baptist Church at the Housing For All Rally. The crowd truly “showed some love” –this year’s theme– for Washington, D.C., as their home.

In February 2008, Marion Barry, then the chairman of the D.C. Council Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs, introduced a bill to help preserve affordable housing in the District. If a property owner was going to sell an apartment building that was home to low-income residents and put affordable housing at risk, the legislation stipulated, the District would have the chance to step in and buy it in order to keep those apartments affordable.