Asbury Dwellings, a 147-unit building located in the middle of Shaw serves as home to lower income seniors and disabled residents. ONE DC continues to provide ongoing assistance to the newly formed Tenant Association.

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The Duncan Co-op is a group of long time Petworth residents who were able to purchase their 24-unit apartment building in October 2006 with the help of ONE D.C.    They organized themselves to act in 2005, after the son of long time owner Gladys Duncan decided to sell the building. A condo developer wanted to buy and vacate all the units for re-sale, but tenants did not want to move.  Several residents formerly worked in the household staff of Mrs. Duncan and had lived here for between 15 and 30 years. A couple others moved into the complex during the first year after it was built in 1965.  The quiet neighborhood, friendly neighbors, and low rents made for an attractive lifestyle that kept residents in place over many years.

The tenant association approached ONE D.C. in early 2006 after being turned down by other developers who found the project too small to work with.

Kelsey Gardens, a 53-unit apartment complex on 7th and Q Streets, NW has an uncertain future as affordable housing because of the owner’s interest in selling the building.

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Lincoln Westmoreland I, located across the street from ONE DC, is a project-based Section 8 building with 108 units. ONE DC is providing leadership training and is working with the tenant association for positive change in this building.

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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Latino Cooperative is located on 11th Street, NW in DC's Shaw neighborhood.  With ONE DC's help, the tenants purchased the building in 2006 with a $7.8 million loan from the Department of Housing and Community Development as permanently affordable housing.  The partnership between ONE DC and the coop was ONE DC's first tenant-organizing effort in a building where the first language of 97% of the residents is Spanish or one of the many Native American languages spoken in Central America and Mexico.

Because coop members are the collective owners of the building, they control the building to keep housing affordable and to create a building policies based on people's shared needs - not individual greed. "This is an important thing for people who are poor," says Ramon Garcia, a founding coop member. 

Check back soon to see how the coop is progressing.  To volunteer at the coop, by teaching English, translating, or in other ways, contact María Firmino-Castillo, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 202-232-2915.