1904. HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS

1904 HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS 1904.1 A majority of the housing stock in the Lower Anacostia Waterfront/Near Southwest Planning Area is contained in multi-family buildings. In 2017, about 71 percent of the housing stock was located in buildings with 20 or more units, which is more than twice the District-wide proportion of 35.4 percent. The housing stock is a mix of buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s through urban renewal and buildings built in the last five years. About 25 percent of the area’s housing stock consists of row houses and townhomes, which is similar to the District-wide level of 26 percent. However, the proportion of single-family detached homes in the Lower Anacostia Waterfront/Near Southwest Planning Area is less than two percent, which is substantially less than the District-wide total of 11.9 percent. 1904.2 The Southwest Waterfront Gangplank Marina currently has 87 spaces for live-aboard vessels and houseboats. Once Phase 2 of the Wharf is completed, that number is expected to increase to 94 spaces. 1904.3 In 2017 7.5 percent of the residential units in the Lower Anacostia Waterfront/Near Southwest Planning Area were vacant, which is the same as the vacancy rate in 2000. The percentage of vacant units is slightly lower than the District as a whole. Between 2000 and 2017, homeownership rates in the area increased from 28.2 percent to 34.1 percent, while the portion of renter-occupied units decreased. SOURCE: District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; 31 DCR 1049 (March 9, 1984)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Element Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187; 32 DCR 873 (February 15, 1985)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-129; 37 DCR 55 (January 5, 1990)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989 NCPC-Recommended Amendments, and Closing of Public Alleys in Square 669, S.O. 88-452, Act of 1990, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-132; 37 DCR 2213 (April 6, 1990)); as amended by District Government Land Use Temporary Amendment Act of 1994, effective October 1, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-190; 41 DCR 5360 (August 12, 1994)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1994, effective October 6, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-193; 41 DCR 5536 (August 19, 1994)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Amendment Act of 1994, effective March 21, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-235; 42 DCR 30 (January 6, 1995)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-110; 43 DCR 530 (February 9, 1996)); as amended by Second Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-255; 44 DCR 1271 (March 7, 1997)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 1998, effective April 27, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-275; 46 DCR 1441 (February 19, 1999)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1999, effective April 12, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-91; 47 DCR 520 (January 28, 2000)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-300; 54 DCR 924 (February 2, 2007)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 2008, effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-353; 56 DCR 1117 (February 6, 2009)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-361; 58 DCR 908 (February 4, 2011)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021, effective August 21, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-20; 68 DCR 006918 (July 16, 2021)). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Comprehensive Plan 10-A DCMR § 1904