D.C. Latino History Project – 2017

Over the summer, we continued investigating where Washington D.C.’s  Latino residents live

In interviews with experts, tenants’ advocates and local residents, our intern Rebecca Toro and volunteer Katherine Jolly reported and mapped, respectively, the District’s changing neighborhoods. Toro also investigated the role D.C.’s rent control laws have played in helping some low-income Latinos remain living in Washington, even as market rate rents in the city have skyrocketed over the last few decades.

Here are the stories we reported during the summer of 2017.

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Community | La comunidad

Interview with Felipa Arias, co-president of a D.C. tenants’ association

Home | Hogar

How DC’s high cost of housing shapes population and neighborhoods

Rent Control & the Latino community

A Few Promising Developments for D.C. tenants

Visualizing Change

By the numbers: Neighborhoods most popular with young adults