Exclusive: Housing nonprofit backed by JBG Smith, Federal City Council names its executive director

With Amazon.com Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) expansion into the region, concerns regarding the availability of affordable housing have hit a fever pitch. Enter Kimberly Driggins, a onetime employee of the District's Office of Planning who is making her return to the region to help find solutions to those concerns as the new executive director of the Washington Housing Conservancy, effective Oct. 14. Driggins, who will depart her current position as director of strategic planning/arts and culture of the city of Detroit's Planning and Development Department, will head the new nonprofit organization whose mission is to maintain the affordability of 3,000 units on a long-term basis for renters earning an average of 60% of the area median income. Read More...