Here’s your roundup of this week’s must-read posts: Our local transit union, ATU Local 689, answers some of your most pressing questions; Do Something to support affordable housing in Montgomery County, How WMATA's funding crisis will disproportionately affect disabled essential workers; Plus, an explanation of how federal funding has impacted affordable housing production in DC .
Don't miss out: Tomorrow (Sunday), GGWash is leading a group visit to check out WMATA's new 8000-series railcars. RSVP here. Also, the Early Bird discount for GGWash's Sweet Sixteen ends next week. Get your tickets today!
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ATU Local 689 answers your questions
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by Matthew Girardi, Ben Lynn • March 27, 2024
You asked, and they answered! Representatives from the union that represents many of our region's transit workers, ATU Local 689, answer questions submitted by members of the GGWash Neighborhood.
Do Something: The week of March 25, 2024
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by Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director), Alex Baca (DC Policy Director) • March 27, 2024
This week on Do Something: join our DC budget training; manifesting bus priority on Columbia Road; Republicans fail to gut Moore Housing in Maryland; and are you thinking about running for office in Virginia?
WMATA’s funding crisis will disproportionately hurt essential workers with disabilities
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by Karl Groninger • March 25, 2024
In the absence of a regional, long-term operational funding solution for WMATA, essential workers with disabilities face mobility and job insecurity.
How federal stimulus accidentally bottlenecked affordable housing in DC
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by Patrick McAnaney • March 28, 2024
In the third installment of “Affordable Howsing”, a series on how affordable housing is built in DC, we delve into how several projects have ground to a halt recently thanks to the District’s crash into the federal limit on private-activity bond issuance.
DC CFO’s take on reserves replenishment cuts against equity goals, common sense
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by Tazra Mitchell (DC Fiscal Policy Institute ) • March 26, 2024
By insisting that DC's mayor replenish reserves more quickly than what the law requires, the District's CFO is setting DC on a course for tougher cuts than may be necessary in the 2025 budget, says Tazra Mitchell of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Building on a history of Congressionally-required conservative fiscal management, the approach will force reductions in essential services in a budget that already is expected to include deep cuts.
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