In her fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed essentially defunding the move of the District of Columbia Archives from its base downtown to the main campus of the University of the District of Columbia in Northwest and some residents are not happy about it.
“When I was thinking about the additional $50 million in capital investment, I had to compete with other things,” said Bowser, referring to plans that have now changed for a new archives building at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC).
The mayor now plans to use the funding and space that would have initially gone to the new archives building on UDC’s campus for student housing instead…