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Indeed, advocates and organizations working on housing and homelessness have faced new and heightened challenges in the past year, with illness and loss of income making it harder for people to make rent and mortgage payments, and unstable living situations putting people at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.

Steve Glaude builds communities. How? You could call him a matchmaker. His greatest strength is making savvy connections between small business owners who need support and the people and tools that meet their needs. He brings a pragmatic approach to crisis management and a big heart for the challenges people face—and not just during a pandemic. 

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.