May 11, 2025

National Low Income Housing Coalition

DC Tenant Union Organizes to Purchase Apartment Complex Through Local Right of First Refusal Law

"Residents of Park East say their goal is not just to preserve affordable housing for themselves, but for their community: 'Our building is full of people that work regular jobs and that are both permanent and transitory in DC,' said Alex M., president of the 1845 Summit Place NW Tenants Association. . ."

March 11, 2025

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

Grassroots Economic Organizing

DC Tenants Need $11,000 to Convert their Apartment to a Housing Co-op

"Park East has found possible long-term funding to help with the purchase, but getting the money takes time, and there are prerequisites for financial help from HUD. The Park East tenants are raising money for assessments, lab tests to check for asbestos, surveys and drawings of the building"

May 19, 2025

Housing Notebook

WBAI Radio

DC Tenants Organize to Buy their Development

As New York tenants organize for the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), sisters and brothers in Washington, DC, are on the move to buy their development under DC's TOPA law. Scott Sommer spoke with tenants from the Park East Affordable Housing Cooperative Project about their campaign to secure housing stability. (Whole episode here, clipped interview here)