Celebrate 50 Years of AHC

50th Anniversary Celebration

October 1, 2026

An Evening You Won’t Want to Miss

Join us for a night of celebration — live music, dancing, youth recognition, and gratitude for the residents, partners, volunteers, and supporters who built opportunity over the past 50 years and are lighting the way for the next 50.

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Five decades of building affordable homes and stronger communities across the National Capital Region. Scroll to journey through our story, decade by decade.

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Before and After: Five Stories of Transformation

Before and after pictures of AHC's Woodbury Park

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From Home Improvement to Lasting Impact: AHC’s Early Roots

Event Details & Keynote Speaker

October 1, 2026
6 – 9 p.m.
InterContinental Washington, D.C. – The Wharf

We’re honored to welcome Gregg Colburn – one of the nation’s leading voices on housing affordability, structural challenges, and solutions that scale – as our keynote speaker at the 50th Anniversary Celebration on October 1.

Gregg is co-author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem and also Affordable Housing in the United States. He’s also a Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed University Professor at the University of Washington, and his insights have been featured in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, and on NPR.