Transfer 3200 13th St. Now!

We recently learned that the District government has acquired the property at 3200 13th Street SE, which sits on the Congress Heights redevelopment site, where tenants have fought for three years against slumlords at Sanford Capital. Recent developments regarding the 3200 building at Congress Heights are indicative of the shocking decisions and deals the District makes with wealthy developers, with no regard to taxpayers or to working class residents of color in Washington, D.C. 

The D.C. government plans to put 3200 up for public auction. This means that, already, the former owners of that property have walked off with nearly 1 million dollars after defaulting on their obligations to provide affordable housing at that site. What’s more, DHCD actually paid the owners another $175,000 for the property. It also means, if they go through with selling the property it will be possible for slumlords and slum developers working with Sanford Capital to gain control, which would reward them for their unconscionable behavior and facilitate the displacement of the tenants at Congress Heights. 

In order to facilitate the tenants’ successful purchase of their existing buildings through the TOPA process, the Tenants at Congress Heights are demanding that 3200 13th Street SE be transferred by the District to their chosen non-profit housing development partner. 

We need you to sign this petition to show that residents of the District of Columbia don't want to see slumlords rewarded but do want to see justice at Congress Heights. 

Who's signing

Jason Katz
Jessica De Mouy
Ellen Nelson
Randall Keesler
Leah Anne Brown
mya sullivan
Mercedes Lackey
Joyce Bartlett
Pat Penny
Amber Harding
Shakera Oliver
Robyn Lingo
Kaylyn Kvochak
April Goggans
Ayla Bailey
Amanda Munroe
Eliana Golding
Lauren Spokane
Sarah Jones
Rachael Schultz
Amanda Slatus
Sharon Green
Beth Wagner
Emily Torruellas
Bianca Palmisano
Hannah Thorson
Bock Szymkowicz
Sarah McLemore
Judy Crawford
Nikko Bilitza
106 signatures

Will you sign?

  • Jason Katz
    signed 2021-02-27 23:28:08 -0500
  • Jessica De Mouy
    signed 2021-02-03 23:36:05 -0500
  • Ellen Nelson
    signed 2019-07-24 07:15:09 -0400
  • Randall Keesler
    signed 2018-10-02 21:52:49 -0400
  • Leah Anne Brown
    signed 2018-08-29 10:24:43 -0400
    TOPA is the law! Transfer 3200 13th St SE to the tenants’s chosen non-profit partner now. Any other action is evidence of a conscious decision to harm as many vulnerable people as possible. Please prove that such atrocity is not official city policy!
  • mya sullivan
    signed 2018-07-26 19:22:25 -0400
  • Mercedes Lackey
    signed 2018-03-13 21:06:52 -0400
    Mercedes R Lackey
  • Joyce Bartlett
    signed 2017-12-02 12:38:08 -0500
  • Pat Penny
    signed 2017-10-21 19:27:29 -0400
  • Amber Harding
    signed 2017-10-19 22:07:38 -0400
  • Shakera Oliver
    signed 2017-10-15 10:38:09 -0400
  • Robyn Lingo
    signed 2017-10-14 21:22:35 -0400
  • Kaylyn Kvochak
    signed 2017-10-14 14:40:59 -0400
  • April Goggans
    signed 2017-10-12 15:28:15 -0400
  • Ayla Bailey
    signed 2017-09-20 13:58:03 -0400
  • Amanda Munroe
    signed via 2017-09-19 06:57:39 -0400
  • Eliana Golding
    signed 2017-09-15 09:24:22 -0400
  • Lauren Spokane
    signed via 2017-09-14 13:48:12 -0400
  • Sarah Jones
    signed 2017-09-12 11:46:40 -0400
    Sarah Jones
  • Rachael Schultz
    signed 2017-09-12 11:34:37 -0400
  • Amanda Slatus
    signed 2017-09-12 04:39:46 -0400
  • Sharon Green
    signed 2017-09-11 21:08:17 -0400
  • Beth Wagner
    signed 2017-09-11 10:16:48 -0400
  • Emily Torruellas
    signed 2017-09-11 10:12:42 -0400
  • Bianca Palmisano
    signed 2017-09-11 09:40:50 -0400
  • Hannah Thorson
    signed 2017-09-10 17:50:00 -0400
  • Bock Szymkowicz
    signed 2017-09-10 11:26:00 -0400
  • Sarah McLemore
    signed 2017-09-10 08:53:16 -0400
  • Judy Crawford
    signed 2017-09-09 22:08:23 -0400
    Judy Crawford
  • Nikko Bilitza
    signed 2017-09-09 16:20:21 -0400

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