Jubilee Blog
Affordable Housing and Energy Resiliency
On May 1st, Jubilee Housing, New Partners Community Solar Corp., the Department of Energy and Environment, and Pepco, launched the District’s first affordable housing resiliency center powered by solar+battery storage at the Maycroft Apartments…
A Note from Jim
We are brimming with excitement and gratitude as we watch the newly renovated Maycroft Apartments open its doors to residents and families!
Jubilee Youth Services Learns to Code
While Jubilee Housing Director of Youth Services, Audrey Walker, was shopping at Pentagon City Mall, she stopped in the Microsoft store and sparked up a conversation with the community director about Jubilee Youth Services’ (JYS)…
People and Places: Giselle
Giselle has seen the effects of gentrification firsthand. Three years ago, Giselle and her mother were living in an affordable apartment in the Columbia Heights…
Jubilee Senior Club
Jubilee Housing has a diverse community of residents from many backgrounds, income levels, and age brackets. This tapestry of people is one of the things that makes Jubilee so unique…
Jubilee Board Welcomes New Leadership
As the governing body, Jubilee Housing’s Board of Directors, plays a vital role in defining the organization's vision and direction…
A Tremendous Leap of Faith
For the past 36 years, Myra Peabody Gossens has applied what she does best in her work to what she loves most about life—being part of a community and in service with others…
A Note From Jim
2018 was a year of building and growth. We worked hard to acquire two new properties, strengthen our existing partnerships with organizations such as Martha’s Table…
Jubilee Housing has been awarded a Capital Magnet Fund Grant of $750,000!
Awarded through the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, the Capital Magnet Fund helps low-income families and economically distressed communities by attracting investment for affordable housing and related economic development…
What Justice Housing Means to People
On February 13th, 2019 Jubilee Housing opened its wait list for the first time in nearly 10 years…
Jubilee Housing Preserves Affordable Housing in Columbia Heights
Jubilee Housing is excited to announce the acquisition of 1460 Euclid St NW. This new addition to Jubilee’s portfolio will preserve 25 units of deeply affordable housing…
Jim's Corner
At this time of year, we often reflect on the blessings and challenges of the year that has passed. 2018 was full of both! But I’d like to reflect on our blessings…
TD Bank Awards Jubilee $125,000 Grant
On November 20, 2018, TD Charitable Foundation surprised Jubilee Housing with a cake and an award for $125,000 as part of their Housing for Everyone grant competition…
Jubilee Housing's Coming Home Breakfast
On Friday October 12, 2018, Jubilee Housing hosted its first Coming Home breakfast at All Souls Unitarian Church…
Jubilee Housing Awarded Pepco Grant
On September 26th at the Washington DC Economic Partnership’s (WDCEP) first-annual WeDC Fest…
Standing with Those in Jeopardy
On Monday, members of the Jubilee Housing family stood with hundreds of neighbors, friends, and activists to protest the previous weekend’s raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents…
Learning the Pulse of Jubilee Residents
Jubilee Housing is enhancing the way it carries out its mission, and it starts with more and better listening to Jubilee residents…
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