About Us

COG is the one place in metropolitan Washington that regularly brings leaders together to develop solutions to the region's major challenges. COG prepares plans enabling the region to receive federal funding, provides members with research and data to inform decision-making, and offers a wide range of programs, including commuter services, cooperative purchasing, technical assistance and grants, and public outreach campaigns.

Transportation

Through the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), area officials, planners, and engineers ensure a well-managed and maintained transportation system. The TPB, which is staffed by COG, conducts the federally mandated transportation planning process for the region and ensures the uninterrupted flow of federal transportation funds that area jurisdictions receive.

Environment

COG's work engages leaders in various environmental fields from water quality experts to climate scientists. Together, they are advancing regional efforts to restore local waterways, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change, promote recycling, and enhance and preserve green space and agriculture.

Community

Area officials and experts, including planning and housing directors and child welfare and health officials, work together with their counterparts at COG to help shape stronger communities throughout the region.

Homeland Security & Public Safety

COG brings police chiefs, fire chiefs, emergency managers, and other leaders together as part of its work to strengthen regional public safety coordination, homeland security planning, and emergency communication.

Regional Fair Housing Project Team

The Regional Fair Housing Project Team is the core group of jurisdictions and their Public Housing Authority partners working to collaborate on a Regional Housing Equity Plan (also known as the Regional Fair Housing Plan or Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice.)

The purpose and main rationale of a regional collaboration for on a fair housing plan is to help local jurisdictions meet their requirements in a way that deepens the impact of the required process. It may help ensure that local goals are consistent, collaborative, and innovative, making them more likely to be effective.

The project team meets monthly during the planning process. A Community Advisory Committee comprised of regional organizations will help ensure that the engagement process is meaningful and will provide critical insights for addressing barriers and developing solutions to achieve fair housing choice.

Participating jurisdictions include the City of Alexandria, VA; Arlington County, VA; the District of Columbia; Fairfax County, VA; City of Gaithersburg, MD; Loudoun County, VA; Montgomery County, MD; and Prince William County, VA. Their Public Housing partners include the District of Columbia Housing Authority; Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority; Rockville Housing Enterprises; Alexandria Housing and Redevelopment Authority; and the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County.

Visit COG's Fair Housing page for more information and opportunities to provide input on drafts of the regional fair housing plan.

Featured Documents

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Letters/Memos

Response to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Decision to Rescind the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule
Aug 5, 2020

This memo addresses HUD’s recent action and the COG project team's commitment to continue collaborating on a regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing.

Regional Fair Housing Project Team

Featured Documents

Response to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Decision to Rescind the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule

Committee Members

Staff