La ANC 4B establecióel Comité de Justicia en la Vivienda en su reunión del 24 de febrero de 2020; reautorizóal Comité en su reunión correspondiente al 24 de enero de 2022, y expandióla membresía del Comité durante su reunión del 23 de enero de 2023. LaResoluciónque establece al Comité de Justicia en la Vivienda define el mandato que recibe el Comité para incluir lo siguiente: 1) tomar en consideración las obras de construcción propuestas dentro de los límites cubiertos por la Comisión, con el propósito de determinar cómo maximizar mejor la vivienda a precio accesible, incluyendo la vivienda profundamente económica; 2) analizar y comentar la legislación propuesta y las políticas públicas que afecten la vivienda económica y la falta total de vivienda, con la meta de aumentar y ampliar la vivienda profundamente económica, y 3) organizar y apoyar eventos educativos sobre temas relacionados con vivienda a precio accesible y la falta total de vivienda.
El Comité de Justicia en la Vivienda normalmente se reúne de manera virtual los primeros miércoles de cada mes, a las 7:30 p.m. Usted puede confirmar las fechas de las reuniones, encontrar información para ingresar y verlasagendas,aquí. Y puede usted leer más sobre el trabajo del Comité en losInformes Anuales de la Comisión de Asesoría de Vecindario 4B.
La comisionada Erin Palmer (4B02) funge como presidenta del Comité. Committee Members include:
- Zoila Hinson: Zoila is a civil rights attorney whose work focuses on preventing and fighting housing discrimination. For the past seven years she has been involved in local volunteer organizing, particularly around issues related to housing justice, displacement, and policing. She has lived in the neighborhood for six years.
- Julia Moran Morton: Julia is Chief Housing Development Officer with SOME (So Others Might Eat). She has worked in Housing Development in DC for decades and been involved with the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development and Housing Association for Non-profit Developers. Two of her most recent projects are at Walter Reed. She is also President of the All Souls Housing Corp Board. She has resided in the neighborhood for over 20 years.
- Brenda Parks: Brenda was first elected as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner on Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4B in 2012 and served through 2022, including as Chair of the Commission in 2019 and 2020. As a long-time member of the Commission, Brenda offers important historical perspective and institutional knowledge regarding Commission business. She is a strong proponent of equity in the community and continues to work toward addressing the needs of DC residents.
- LeighAnn Smith Rosenberg: LeighAnn is a civil rights attorney. She spent five years practicing housing law in Maryland, representing seniors and individuals living below the poverty line on a range of issues, including landlord-tenant disputes, tenant association advocacy, mortgage foreclosures, and property tax liens. In this role, she gained familiarity with federal, state, and local housing agencies, and engaging those agencies on their planning and rulemaking processes.
Past Committee Members include:
- Maxine Davis (2022-2023).
- Alison Horn (2020-2024).
- Latifa Lyles (2020-2022).
- Christopher Sousa (2020-2022).
