(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Thursday, May 18, at 10:30 am, Mayor Muriel Bowser will participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for South Capitol Street Apartments, a new development project that will bring 195 affordable apartment units, ranging from efficiencies to three-bedrooms, and 5,000 square-feet of community space to the Bellevue neighborhood in Ward 8.

All units in South Capitol Street Apartments will be reserved for households at or below 60 percent Area Median Income (AMI), and 78 units will be restricted to households at or below 30 percent AMI and targeted to formerly homeless individuals and families in need of permanent supportive housing. 

Mayor Bowser’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal invests another $100 million contribution to the Housing Production Trust Fund, yielding more affordable housing for DC residents. 

WHO:
Mayor Muriel Bowser
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
Polly Donaldson, Director, Department of Housing and Community Development
Todd A. Lee, Director, DC Housing Finance Agency
Nathan E. Bovelle, Deputy Executive Director for Operations and Interim Executive Director, DC Housing Authority
Gary Buechler, President, Michaels Development Company
Ken Crawford, Chief Operating Officer, Michaels Development Company 
Jonathan Novak, Partner, CityInterests 

WHEN:
Thursday, May 18, at 10:30 am

WHERE:
4001 South Capitol Street, SW
*Closest Metro: Congress Heights Metro Station*
*Bus Lines: A2, A8, W1*

Press interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to [email protected]. To view the event online, visit mayor.dc.gov/live or tune in on Channel 16 (DCN).