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June 3, 2024

Impact Report

By LEO Impact Capital

Washington Housing Initiative Impact Pool
2023 Impact Report

April 17, 2024

Washington Business Journal

By Dan Brendel

JBG SMITH-Managed Fund Hits Affordable Housing Goal After Helping Refinance Takoma Park Apartment Complex

March 5, 2024

Press Release

WHC Awarded a $1M Grant from TD Ready Challenge

October 18, 2023

Press Release

Washington Housing Initiative Impact Pool Closes on
Tax Exempt Bond Issuance at Hamilton Manor

September 8, 2023

The Gaurdian

By Amanda Abrams

Amazon and Other Companies Invested in Affordable Housing. Did it Work?

June 7, 2023

Impact Report

By JBG SMITH

Washington Housing Initiative
2022 Impact Report

January 10, 2023

Institutional Real Estate, Inc.

JBG SMITH Announces Milestone for The Washington Housing Initiative Impact Pool

December 27, 2022

Commercial Observer

By Keith Loria

WHC Acquires DC Apartments for $72M with Promise of Affordability

December 15, 2022

Press Release

By Jonathan Rose Companies

Jonathan Rose Companies and Washington Housing Initiative Acquire The Gale Eckington 

May 11, 2022

Impact Report

By JBG SMITH

Washington Housing Initiative
2021 Impact Report

November 14, 2022

The Bond Buyer

By Scott Sowers

Housing Leaders Seeking Finance Solutions

March 30, 2022

Commercial Observer

By Keith Loria

WHC Acquires Wheaton Apartments in $29M Deal to Preserve Affordable Housing

February 1, 2022

Business Wire

ESG Investing Announces Award Winners
(Best ESG Investment Fund: Real Estate)

November 29, 2021

WTOP

By Jack Pointer

Prince George’s County Launches Fund to Preserve Affordable Housing

November 23, 2021

Washington Business Journal

By Alex Koma

Washington Housing Conservancy Sets Up First D.C. Acquisition with Deanwood Deal

December 14, 2021

Commercial Observer

By Keith Loria

WHC Acquires DC Complex in $25M Deal to Preserve Affordable Housing

August 17, 2021

Press Release

By Washington Housing Conservancy

WHC in Partnership with NHT Communities Acquires Its Second Property in Hyattsville, MD

August 16, 2021

Commercial Observer

By Keith Loira

WHC Buys Housing Complex from Kushner Cos. in $40M Deal

June 25, 2021

Press Release

By Washington Housing Conservancy

Washington Housing Conservancy’s First Acquisition of Arlington’s ‘Crystal House’ Honored with 2021 Housing Achievement Award

May 17, 2021

Multi-Housing News

By Joe Gose

Social Impact Investors Target Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing

April 22, 2021

Washington Business Journal

By Alex Koma

Deals of the Year 2020: Best Sale/Acquisition Finalist - Crystal House

April 15, 2021

Impact Report

By JBG SMITH

Washington Housing Initiative Impact Pool
2020 Impact Report

April 8, 2021

Commercial Observer

By Keith Loria

JBG SMITH’s AJ Jackson On the ‘Missing Middle’ in DC Affordable Housing

March 4, 2021

Fast Company

By Nate Berg

Amazon Crushed Affordable Housing. Now it's Trying to Offset the Problem it Helped Create.

February 24, 2021

Press Release​

By JBG SMITH

JBG SMITH Announces Approximately $115 Million in Private Sector Commitments to the Impact Pool and Funding for the Washington Housing Conservancy’s Crystal House Acquisition

January 6, 2021

Washington Business Journal

By Rebecca Cooper

Amazon Provides Bulk of Financing for Massive Arlington Housing Acquisition Through New Housing Fund

January 6, 2021

Wall Street Journal

By Nicole Friedman

Amazon Pledging More Than $2 Billion for Affordable Housing in Three Hub Cities

August 5, 2020

Commercial Observer

By Keith Loria

EagleBank Invests $5M in D.C. Affordable Housing Initiative

June 11, 2020

PERE News

By Arshiya Khullar

Affordable Housing Should Be Considered an Infrastructure Investment

June 2, 2020

Commercial Observer

By Keith Loria

Washington Housing Initiative Addresses Affordable Housing in DC

March 30, 2020

Multi-Housing News

By Scott Baltic

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Housing Funds Target Priced-Out Residents

March 1, 2020

Real Assets Adviser

By Anna Robaton

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REITs Take on Affordable Housing Problem

February 13, 2020

Press Release

By Office of the Governor

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Governor Northam Announces Virginia’s First Affordable Housing Investment for Amazon Initiative

January 30, 2020

Patch

By Emily Leayman

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Complex Purchase Makes Way For Affordable Housing In Alexandria

January 30, 2020

Washington Business Journal

By Jonathan Capriel

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How Kimberly Driggins Went From Part-Time DJ to Affordable Housing Advocate

January 30, 2020

CoStar News

By Bryce Meyers

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Nonprofit Housing Developer Buys Northern Virginia Apartment Complex with Plan to Keep it Affordable

January 29, 2020

Press Release

By JBG SMITH

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JBG SMITH Announces Washington Housing Initiative Milestones with First Acquisition Loan and More Than $100 Million in Private Sector Commitments to the Impact Pool

November 7, 2019

Press Release

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Washington Housing Initiative Honored by
NAIOP DC|MD

September 19, 2019

Housing Wire

By Maleesa Smith

How Anchor Companies are Tackling Affordable Housing Issues in their Communities

September 19, 2019

Multi-Housing News

By Therese FItzgerald

Bold Answers for Local Housing Challenges

August 7, 2019

Urban Land Magazine

By Beth Mattson-Teig

Working with the Private Sector to Tackle the Workforce Housing Shortage in the Washington, D.C., Region

July 9, 2019

The New York Times

By Eugene L. Meyer

Cities Need Affordable Housing, but Builders Want Big Profits. Can It Work?

June 25, 2019

NPR (All Things Considered)

By Pam Fessler

Working Class Americans Are Finding It Increasingly Difficult To Afford Housing

June 7, 2019

Washington Business Journal

By Colleen Briggs

Viewpoint: What business can do for affordable housing

May 9, 2019

Washington Business Journal

By Lisa Rother

Urban Trail: Regional groups must stand together to fix housing plight 

May 9, 2019

Washington Business Journal

By Jonathan Capriel

JBG Smith raises more than $78M for its affordable housing initiative

May 8, 2019

Washington Business Journal

By Jonathan Capriel

SunTrust invests $10 million in JBG Smith affordable housing initiative

May 8, 2019

Bisnow

By Jon Banister

JBG Smith's Workforce Housing Fund Lands $78M Investment From Big Banks, Developers

May 8, 2019

JBG SMITH Press Release

JBG SMITH Announces Initial Closing for Washington Housing Initiative Impact Pool

August 28, 2018

Greater Greater Washington

By Stephen Hudson

DC’s largest developer is getting into affordable housing
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