Amazon.com Inc.’s Housing Equity Fund will grant $656,300 for 10 affordable housing developments and studies in Greater Washington, which the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments will administer through a newly formed program.
The council’s board of directors approved the grant funding during a Wednesday afternoon virtual meeting. MWCOG’s new Housing Affordability Planning Program is designed to move faster toward the regional housing targets the organization established in 2019 — “especially near transit,” said Catherine Buell, director of the Amazon Housing Equity Fund, in a statement to the Washington Business Journal.
“The 10 proposals selected by COG address many of our top priorities: advancing equity, expanding access to jobs and opportunity, and creating more vibrant and sustainable communities,” she said.
