United Bank demonstrates a deep commitment to affordable housing in Greater Washington. The bank has financed eight Jubilee Housing properties in the Adams Morgan/Columbia Heights neighborhood. In addition, United Bank is an investor in Jubilee Housing’s Justice Housing Partners Fund and a philanthropic partner. United Bank also serves as an ambassador for Jubilee Housing, bringing employees to tour the neighborhood … Read More
This isn’t “Goodbye,” Just “See You Later”
Barbara Moore has put in a lot of miles in these neighborhoods over the years. As one of Jubilee Housing’s founders, long serving staff, and board member, she has walked the streets of the Adams Morgan for decades. Her speedy gait is recognized from a distance, and Barbara is known for her trademark, year-round SAS (San Antonio) sandals. Her daily … Read More
It Takes “U” To Make Community
Jubilee Housing is excited to announce that we are participating in the United Way of the National Capital Area’s 7th Annual Do More 24 online fundraising campaign from noon on May 22 to noon on May 23 again this year! The whole D.C. area will spend 24 hours raising money for some incredible causes! Will you join us in supporting … Read More
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. The Resiliency Center, powered by Pepco for the Jubilee community, will provide three days of power for the residents should the electrical grid go down. Maycroft … Read More
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! After a long battle against forces that would have priced original residents out of the restored building, the Maycroft is open, and original residents are moving in along with other families and individuals for whom market rents are … Read More
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) focus on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) as an educational approach for our youth programming. The community director extended an invitation to JYS Activity … Read More
People and Places: Giselle
Giselle has seen the effects of gentrification first hand. Three years ago Giselle and her mother were living in an affordable apartment in the Columbia Heights area, just as Giselle found out she was pregnant, the building they were living in was sold to a market rate developer. This happens often in Washington DC, a city where real estate is … Read More
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. We are fortunate that our community includes a large number of senior citizen residents. Thirty-two percent of Jubilee residents are 55 and over and that number is growing. With more … Read More
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. The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the organization’s activities, ensuring that we are serving our community in new and innovative ways, and that we are creating policies that support the Jubilee Housing mission. Jubilee’s Board of Directors includes … Read More
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. And she did so at Jubilee Housing, where, as a newcomer to Washington, D.C. in the early 1980s, she immediately felt she had found a “home.” “I … Read More