Our History
A Pivotal Point In History
In 1975, Change All Souls Housing Corporation (CASHC) collaborated with Metro Development Corporation and ZPZ Joint Venture to form 14th Street Associates to develop Columbia Heights Village (CHV), a 406-unit affordable housing complex on seven (7) acres of prime real estate in the Columbia Heights neighborhood controlled by DC’s Redevelopment Land Agency.
At that time, the CHV neighborhood was not going through the gentrification process it is undergoing today, and doubtful the founders of CASHC could have predicted the extent of the gentrification process and the resulting increase in value of the 406 unit CHV affordable housing community.
Today, the CHV neighborhood remains a large focus and flagship project for CASHC and is part of a growing portfolio of additional projects.
From its inception CASHC has been about empowering residents. Not only do residents have reserved places on the CASHC board of Directors, but CASHC was instrumental in providing for the eventual transfer of a 25% interest in Columbia Heights Village (appraised value $148M) to the Columbia Heights Village Tenants Association.
