Testimony: Green Housing Coordination Amendment Act of 2025 and Powering Local Utility Guidance in Housing Act of 2025

Senior Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn testified before the Committee on Housing concerning two amendments: Green Housing Coordination Amendment Act of 2025 and the Powering Local Utility Guidance in Housing Act of 2025.

Children’s Law Center supports the passage of both the Powering Local Utility Guidance in Housing Act to minimize costly delays in utility connections in affordable housing projects and the Green Housing Coordination Amendment Act’s (GHCAA) exemption of projects to substantially rehabilitate existing affordable housing from the District’s new net-zero requirements. Her testimony details the reasons for our support for these two bills, and identify critical factors the Committee should take into account before finalizing the energy efficiency standards for new construction housing projects under the GHCAA to balance the District’s interests to urgently foster new affordable housing development and ensure equitable access to housing with healthy indoor air quality and low utility costs.