I’m not sure how many GGWash readers follow TikTok user @ethiopianshawty, but I have no doubt a significant number of you have seen one of her videos circulating in local discourse: rats everywhere ...

The success of private companies offering affordable rooms in DC highlights unmet demand. Without other solutions, these companies are likely to keep trying to fill the gap.

Where Amtrak passengers go from DC’s Union Station. City-owned housing could be consolidated in Falls Church. Demolition may come soon for vacant Gaithersburg mall.

Opinion: There’s an idea that if we could just get the “right” people into the room, public input would improve decision quality and legitimacy. Casey Anderson, Montgomery County’s former planning ...

Max is a recent graduate interested in urban governance and political organizing. Born and raised in the Tenleytown/AU Park area of Ward 3, he is a member of DC YIMBYs, a pro-housing grassroots ...

Opinion: The Blue Line Corridor Coalition is bringing together public, private, and community partners to build on a rich ...

Pete’s on-the-street interviews find that streateries on 18th Street NW, which the District paid for but is, nonetheless, ...

Opinion: Don’t be reassured when DDOT says it’s committed to road safety. Under the Complete Streets road-design philosophy, ...

Teens create affordable housing portal. Brussels shifts policy in car-free zone. Electric vehicle charging program has succeeded, in a way.

Judge rules against National Guard in DC. Townhome proposal in Alexandria faces hesitant architecture board. More school buses could be financially feasible in Baltimore.

Mixed-use project to replace 600 parking spaces in West Falls Church. Apartments planned at former Van Ness Burger King. Baltimore set to consider major zoning change.

It would only take a light touch to light the way for more homes in the District’s lowest-density neighborhoods.