Gaithersburg Affordable Housing Action - October 3

Sixty-nine AIM members gathered for a press conference and City Council hearing, urging Gaithersburg City Council Members to adopt an affordable housing policy to require 12.5% affordable and 12.5 % workforce housing. The City Council decided instead to move forward with a proposal to require only 7.5% affordable and 7.5% workforce housing and leave out all of “Olde Town” Gaithersburg which currently has over 1100 affordable housing rental units.

Small Victory: AIM was able to work with Gaithersburg City to ensure that 15% of all new rental units will be affordable. Beforehand, the city had no rental set asides in their affordable housing policy.

These results do not sit well with AIM leaders and AIM Gaithersburg Congregations are now organizing as a group. Gaithersburg AIM members and tenants from 7 different units met on 11/28/06 for the first time. If you want to learn more about tenant organizing in Gaithersburg or possible 2007 Gaithersburg election plans, please contact AIM.

Articles on this Action:
Washington Post, 10/25/06

Affording GaithersburgResidents Divided Over Proposal for Moderate-Income Housing