PUD Filed For 80-Unit Affordable Housing Development at Northern Tip of DC

PUD Filed for 80-Unit Affordable Housing Development at Northern Tip of DC

by UrbanTurf Staff

Affordable Housing Project Submitted for Approval

The NHP Foundation has submitted a planned unit development (PUD) to DC’s Zoning Commission for a new four-story, 80-unit all-affordable housing development at 7050 Eastern Avenue NW (map). The project, designed by Soto Architecture, would require demolishing the existing 36-unit apartment building at the address. Plans were submitted to DC’s Historic Preservation Office for a slightly larger iteration of the development last fall. 

Design and Features of the New Building

The design of the new building will consist of a front elevation broken down with two projecting bays of different depths that rise four stories in height, and then the building will extend to a sharp angle formed by the rear edge of the site, which is angled due to the Metro line.

The project will have a community room and rooftop deck on the penthouse level, and many of the apartments will have outdoor balconies. Eight of the units in the development will be devoted to permanent supportive housing for those formerly without homes.

Supporting Sustainable Development Goals

“The supportive services are designed to build independent living and tenancy skills and connect people with community-based health care, treatment, and employment services,” the PUD stated. “An on-site service provider will assist these residents to help ensure their success in the new residential community.”

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/pud_filed_for_80-unit_affordable_housing_development_at_northern_tip_of_dc/21416.

SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

1. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

   • Target 11.1: By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe, and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums.
   • Indicator 11.1.1: Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements, or inadequate housing.

2. SDG 1: No Poverty

   • Target 1.4: By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular, the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of property.
   • Indicator 1.4.2: Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, with legally recognized documentation and who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure.

3. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

   • Target 3.8: Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential healthcare services, and access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.
   • Indicator 3.8.2: Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income.

Table: SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

Analysis

The issues highlighted in the article are connected to the following SDGs:

1. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
2. SDG 1: No Poverty
3. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Based on the article’s content, the specific targets under those SDGs can be identified:

1. Target 11.1: By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe, and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums.
2. Target 1.4: By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular, the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of property.
3. Target 3.8: Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential healthcare services, and access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

The article mentions or implies the following indicators that can be used to measure progress towards the identified targets:

• Indicator 11.1.1: Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements, or inadequate housing.
• Indicator 1.4.2: Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, with legally recognized documentation and who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure.
• Indicator 3.8.2: Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income.

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Source: dc.urbanturf.com

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