DC residents have a long legacy of fighting for civil and housing rights within their city. Limited Equity Co-ops were born out of that legacy and still have a crucial role to play in our continuing struggle to ensure everyone has a high-quality, affordable place to call home in a neighborhood they enjoy.

We're excited to have Amanda Huron, author of Carving out the Commons: Tenant Organizing and Housing Cooperatives in Washington D.C., join us to explore that history as our Advocacy Specialist leads us in a discussion of how Limited Equity Co-ops continue to be shaped in our current economic, social, and political environment.

This dinner and workshop will focus on:

• The robust history of tenant organizing and cooperative housing in DC.

• The legacy of the civil rights and housing rights movements that shaped the city and our tenant laws.

• The ways in which tenants have exercised their TOPA rights throughout the last 50 years

• The ways in which the social, political and economic context shaped the formation of limited equity cooperatives. 

Details:

Date: May 13, 2026

Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Location: 3232 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010