Rashema Collins
Candidate for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, ANC 5D, SMD 5D05
Background
A lawyer and former D.C. public school teacher who has helped organize back-to-school giveaways with local churches for nearly a decade.
Documented positions
Housing
Supports rehabilitating or redeveloping vacant and blighted properties.
She called vacant, abandoned and blighted properties the biggest issue in her part of Trinidad.
Report2026 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner candidate questionnaire: responses (data for GGWash's 2026 ANC Voter Guide)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · greater-greater-washington.github.io
“I support bringing these properties back into productive use through rehabilitation, responsible redevelopment, or enforcement when owners fail to maintain their properties.”
Rashema Collins (5D05): GGWash 2026 ANC candidate questionnaireCandidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · ggwash.org
Supports affordable and family-sized units in new development.
Report2026 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner candidate questionnaire: responses (data for GGWash's 2026 ANC Voter Guide)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · greater-greater-washington.github.io
“New development should include a meaningful share of affordable units and a real range of unit sizes”
Rashema Collins (5D05): GGWash 2026 ANC candidate questionnaireCandidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · ggwash.org
Roads & infrastructure
Supports replacing parking lanes with bus and bike lanes.
She would introduce ANC resolutions supporting bus lanes and protected bike lanes, and supports road pricing.
Report2026 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner candidate questionnaire: responses (data for GGWash's 2026 ANC Voter Guide)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · greater-greater-washington.github.io
“Yes, I support removing parking and travel lanes to build dedicated bus lanes”
Rashema Collins (5D05): GGWash 2026 ANC candidate questionnaireCandidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · ggwash.org
All sources (4)
- Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) Candidates in Ballot Order, November 3, 2026 General Election
Election filing · District of Columbia Board of Elections · dcboe.org
- 2026 General Election: certified sample ballots and candidate lists (all wards and ANCs)
Election filing · District of Columbia Board of Elections · dcboe.org
- 2026 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner candidate questionnaire: responses (data for GGWash's 2026 ANC Voter Guide)
Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · greater-greater-washington.github.io
- Rashema Collins (5D05): GGWash 2026 ANC candidate questionnaire
Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · ggwash.org
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