Thank you to @cmfrumin.bsky.social and @cmchenderson.bsky.social for holding a roundtable on behavioral health support in local voucher programs, and to Councilmember Frumin for dogging this issue for months.

Last month I re-introduced legislation I first offered in 2019 to fund those and other services, such as skill-building, food, nutrition and other services to help promote resident stability and self-sufficiency. It now looks like we may be on that path. lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/...

EAHP is a powerful recruitment and retention tool and an effective way to boost homeownership in the District. This bill will fix the exclusion of transit workers, employees who provide critical services to our city. I look forward to working with my colleagues to make this a reality. 3/3

The Home Purchase Assistance for Transit Workers Amendment Act will include transit workers - like the staff operating Metro every day - in the Employer-Assisted Housing Program, which provides downpayment assistance to DC government employees to help them purchase their first home. 2/