Unified in support of affordable housing, 250 DC residents sent a strong message to the DC Council at the 6th Annual Citywide Tenant Town Hall this past Saturday afternoon at the All Souls Unitarian Church: "Vote for Affordable Housing Programs in the DC budget!"

Challenging the DC Council to stop raids on the Housing Production Trust Fund and adequately fund programs designed to help tenants pay

LEDC is a finalist for the 2013 Citi Microentrepreneurship Award.Click below to learn how to vote for LEDC and help us win $75,000 in support of our programs!

As part of the Association for Enterprise Opportunity's national conference, the awards celebrate the spirit of innovation, collaboration and imagination in microbusiness.

LEDC applied, and we are one of three finalists in the Microbusiness

Colleen Dailey, the Vice Chair of LEDC's Board of Directors, has been appointed Interim Executive Director of LEDC.

Colleen brings 14 years of experience in the field of community economic development to her new role as LEDC embarks upon a national search for a new executive director.

Click below to read a message from LEDC's Board Chair Jim Taylor on this change in leadership and LEDC’s path

En solidaridad con familias inmigrantes haciendo llamado para una reforma migratoria comprensiva, LEDC participara en la manifestacion "Ciudadania Ahora" el dia 10 de Abril en el jardín oeste del U.S Capitol Building en Washington DC.

Úniendose a decenas de miles de líderes inmigrantes, partidarios, religiosos y comunitarios, LEDC cree que duenos inmigrantes de negocio y familias inmigrantes

El Alcalde de DC Vincent Gray presento una nueva estrategia comprensiva de vivienda para el Distrito de Columbia.

Las metas estrategicas del plan incluyen la preservacion de 8,000 unidades de vivienda de bajo costo con subsidios federales que estan por vencerse cuando se cumpla 2020, la produccion y preservacion de 10,000 unidades de vivienda neta cuando se cumpla 2020, y el desarrollo de 3,000