June brings the summer solstice, longer, light-filled days. I can’t believe it’s already midyear. As I reflect on our work at Washington Housing Conservancy, I am buoyed by the traction we are getting around our model and our thought leadership on the vital importance...
Housing and Mental Health May is National Mental Health Month, a valuable moment to discuss the link between mental health and housing. In recent years, the issue of high rent and unaffordable housing has become a prominent concern in many cities around the world....
Fair Housing: Inclusive, equitable and affordable Fifty-six years ago this month, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act, a landmark civil rights legislation that made it unlawful to discriminate in housing transactions. At the heart of fair housing...
Why Focusing on Social Infrastructure is Core to WHC’s Impact Our social infrastructure is fragmented and crumbling. While our country’s physical infrastructure – roads, bridges, tunnels, and fiber networks – grab attention and public dollars, our social...
Washington, DC is rich in Black history and culture–from abolitionist Frederick Douglass to civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune to poet Langston Hughes to musicians Duke Ellington and Chuck Brown. Throughout Black History Month we celebrate the triumphs and...
The Washington Housing Conservancy (WHC) is excited to welcome two new Board of Directors – Mark Joseph, PhD, Founding Director of the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, based out of Case Western Reserve University, and Aakash Thakkar, Chief...
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