Jubilee Housing Awarded Safeway Grant for COVID-19 Support

Jubilee Housing is pleased to announce it was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Safeway Foundation in July. Part of Safeway’s Nourishing Neighbors program, the award is one of a few different emergency supports helping Jubilee and its community members find stability during this time of deep uncertainty. The Nourishing Neighbors program, focused on ameliorating child hunger, has taken on new … Read More

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Jubilee Housing Board Chair Alex Orfinger Named Publisher of Washington Business Journal

Former Jubilee board member Lizzie Bebber, current board member Pat Mathews, and Board Chair Alex Orfinger. Jubilee Housing congratulates Alex Orfinger, chair of Jubilee Housing’s Board of Directors, on his return to the role of publisher and market president of the Washington Business Journal. Orfinger held this role from 1996 to 2014, before accepting a position with American City Business … Read More

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Expanding Justice Through Housing

In 2019, together we helped make Washington, D.C., a more equitable city by creating more opportunities for justice housing™. During 2019, Jubilee Housing: • Preserved 64 units of affordable housing in Columbia Heights. • Fully capitalized the Justice Housing Partners Fund, LP at $5.2 million. • Launched the Teen Center, a new program operating in a new space at the … Read More

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What Jubilee Housing Means to Gilma

This article is from a resident named Gilma Merino. She has lived in Jubilee Housing for over 20 years, raising four kids, ages 4 – 28, with a degenerative eye condition that has left her blind. Despite that, Ms. Merino is a leader, having served on the Jubilee Board of Directors and acting as a long-time advocate for affordable housing … Read More

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Resources to Meet the Moment

As the nation continues to grapple with the ways in which white supremacy is a historical, immediate and deadly threat to the Black community, we’ve put together some resources we hope might play some small part in confronting, dismantling and healing from the institutional racism that is implicit in our society. We must all be accountable for the ways we’ve … Read More

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COVID Impact Statement

We want to thank everyone who has supported Jubilee Housing during this crisis. The response has been amazing and we are so privileged to be connected to a community of caring and support.  Below is a quick summary of how COVID-19 has impacted our community, and how you’ve been helping. Employment The pandemic is wreaking havoc across the economy. When … Read More

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Interview with Emmanuel Gbajobi

As the Teen Services Manager, Emmanuel Gbajobi works with teenagers and young adults between the ages of 12-24 on their academic success and college and career readiness. In the video below, Emmanuel discusses how he’s seen teens impacted by having to stay at home, how Jubilee is helping teens go to college even during a pandemic, and how community members … Read More

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Interview with Romaine Johnson and Greg Rockwell

Greg Rockwell, Director of Development – So, you helped start the Jubilee Housing Senior Club in 2018. Can you tell us what the senior club is and what you all do? Romaine Johnson, Jubilee Senior Club co-founder – Well, we are a social group. The Jubilee Senior Club is for seniors living in a Jubilee property. It was started because … Read More

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Interview with Marty Mellett

Marty Mellett’s job as the Vice President of External Affairs is to bring attention to the federal and local legislation that affects our city’s most vulnerable residents, especially those who face multiple barriers to housing like returning citizens.  In the video below, Marty talks about how COVID-19 is affecting incarcerated D.C. residents, compassionate release, and housing for people coming home from … Read More

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