“It’s an amazing step forward,” said Bryan Coleman, a vice president of the NAACP’s Arlington chapter and renter of a one-bedroom apartment in a high-rise building in the Court House neighborhood. “We’re now allowing people, no matter where they are in life, to be able to access Arlington.”

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Last week, we released the third update of the Housing Indicator Tool (HIT)! If you've been following our journey, you know that HIT is a platform that tracks local efforts to produce affordable housing in jurisdictions throughout the Capital Region. To adequately address the region’s housing needs, the tool upholds the targets established in the 2019 Urban Institute report that called for the production of 374,000 new affordable homes by 2030. The report further explains that out of those 374,000 new homes, 39% should be affordable to middle-income households and 38% to low-income families. The targets used in the HIT are benchmarked to locally produced demographic forecasts generated by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. HIT 3.0 digs into homeownership data and various public policies and their impact on communities of color - honoring HAND’s commitment to educate our members on racial equity issues and how they intersect with their work in real estate and community development. Specifically, this year’s tool tracks new policies focused on environmental justice and looks more closely at homeownership, particularly for Black and low/moderate-income households. As we look to the future, we must consider the impact of historic housing policies on our present-day affordability and inventory crisis. The tool illustrates the inequities in our housing and how far we have to go to level the playing field. We encourage you to take advantage of the HIT and share it with your colleagues!
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The 32nd Annual HAND Honors
June 21 | 5:30pm – 8:30pm | The Kennedy Center
Same celebration, new name.
The HAND Annual Meeting is now HAND Honors.
We can’t wait to celebrate you!

Continuing the tradition of HAND’s Annual Meeting, we welcome HAND members and friends to come together at the 32nd Annual HAND Honors. Join us for an evening of inspiration and connection where you’ll cultivate partnerships with changemakers and celebrate the accomplishments of affordable housing industry leaders.

We see you. We see the great obstacles that our communities face from day to day in the midst of unprecedented housing affordability and inventory challenges. We also see the work you are doing to build first-class homes that are affordable to our neighbors, the attention you put into your resident services programming and the impact of creating space for residents to thrive. Most of all, we see the incredible opportunities in front of us to work together towards a more equitable region. 

During HAND Honors, we will recognize the outstanding triumphs of our Housing Achievement Awardees and the Children’s Essay Contest winner. This year we are also excited to launch the GenerationHAND Scholarship, which will benefit local college-bound high school seniors. Don’t miss this special occasion celebrating our members who are advancing 
our communities!
Looking for more resources on all things racial equity?
Stop by our website for a compilation of helpful materials!
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