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The People’s Property Campaign is a resident-led campaign to stop the sale of public property for private profit and to save public property for public use.
The People’s Property Campaign calls for:1. An Immediate Moratorium on the Disposition of Public Property!
We have lost too much already! Until the city reforms public property laws, we need an immediate halt to the sale, giveaway and transfer of public property!
2. A Complete Inventory of Public Property, and Planning that Matches Public Property with Existing Community Needs!
We need a complete inventory of DC’s public property network (as required by law), made available and accessible to the community and used to identify where public properties are, the type of property, past and current uses, which agency manages the property, etc.
We need to identify community needs (such as those for expanded recreation, senior services, health services, etc) and coordinate the planning of public property use with the serving of these needs.
3. Changing Public Property Laws in DC to Ensure Public Property is Used for Public Use!
The law labels property as surplus with a determination that there is “no further public use” – We maintain that there is always a public use for our public property;
The law provides a process only for disposing of public property, not for retaining and repurposing it with community input. We need a transparent, community-driven process for determining new uses for public property that serve existing community needs.
4. Maintaining valuable public assets and protecting the long-term needs of DC communities by leasing, not selling public property and retaining the right to reclaim those properties leased to private entities when the need arises.
I am still new to the city, so I don’t have an opinion about this, save that it warrants further attention.
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