We believe our community deserves accurate information about housing, city planning, and local government. We launched Takoma Community Vision (TCV) specifically to fact-check the misleading claims of Community Vision for Takoma (CVT).
Our names are similar, but our vision for "community" is distinct.
Community Vision for Takoma (CVT) is a local advocacy group representing a narrow, NIMBY-oriented platform. They frequently distribute misleading flyers and newsletters that misrepresent city planning documents to advance their platform.
TCV (this site) is an independent, resident-run project dedicated to fact-checking CVT and the local politicians who echo their platform. We link every claim to public records so you can verify the truth.
Every claim we make links to an official document, public meeting record, or primary source. Check our work.
If we get something wrong, we correct it prominently and promptly. We publish our correction policy in our About page.
We're Takoma Park residents who care about this city. We just think good decisions require accurate information.
We read the original documents so you don't have to. Every rebuttal links directly to the source.
Evaluating a 15-year new construction exemption "weakens the law" and will incentivize developers to buy up, neglect, and demolish existing affordable housing.
Demolition is blocked by strict local laws, relocation rules, and TOPA. New-construction exemptions are standard to make housing development viable and prevent regional supply-shortage displacement.
The City's rent stabilization study could be "cover to weaken" the rent stabilization law, urging residents to protest at the June 10 hearing.
The study explicitly rules out ending rent stabilization. Driven by the 2019 Strategic Plan, its goals include improving tenant protections and addressing critical housing quality issues.
"Instead, City Council released a 'report,' which does not answer any of the essential questions... the City had paid $1 million to settle the case..."
The City's 6-page report was signed by the entire council and answers their exact questions. The settlement was paid entirely by the City's insurer, not taxpayer funds.
Councilmembers send out regular emails to their constituents, but they are often dense, text-heavy, and frame controversial policies through a singular lens.
We break down these emails into clear highlights, call out where they echo CVT's platform, and verify their factual accuracy against official city and county documents.
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