Five years ago, when Kimberly Driggins joined WHC as its first executive director, the organization was nearly a year old and barely more than an innovative and powerful idea. What was particularly compelling was its vision for how to make the housing system become a...
2024 marks WHC’s sixth year and Kimberly Driggins’ fifth year as Executive Director. As WHC enters our next phase of impact, we’re excited to pursue new avenues of growth and opportunity. A critical part of this new journey is a recent investment from New...
Playground Build with Monumental Sports and Entertainment and Kaboom! Earlier this month, just in time for the new school year, with our partners KABOOM! and Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation, and more than 125 volunteers, WHC built a new playground at...
The lack of affordable housing in the DMV and in communities across the nation looms large as a political issue in this election cycle. Several studies this year highlight the frustration and angst in voters’ minds about the housing crisis and the need for solutions....
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....
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