Posts tagged Affordable Housing
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Breakfast links: Growing
Walkability is for young adults; Stop planting flowers at the Metro!; Why run more 8-car trains; The Silver Line and North Korea; Very large, somewhat-urban Wegmans?; Capital Crescent gets a gate; Reticence on Reston redevelopment; Dangerous part of the region; Require complete streets; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fixes for problems
Heard there was a problem; Make the MBT safe; 8+ people struck yesterday; Church must have stained glass; No shuttle for Chevy Chase; Too much burden on small business?; Tech companies isolate; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Eyes on bikes and pedestrians
MBT cameras not helpful; MD bike and ped update; Future of Georgetown; IZ update; Goodbye Examiner; More Metro data; More neighbors against mixed-use Safeway; Nerds on the train; Metro morsels. Keep reading…
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Will “filtering” keep housing affordable?
The rising supply of high-end apartments has slowed the rise in prices (at least outside the hottest areas). Will that make housing more affordable for people who can’t afford the fanciest apartments? Real estate consultant Maeve Gallagher writes in Capital Business that vacancies have risen in the metro area, to 4.4% from 2.2% a year ago, though DC’s vacancy rate… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Welcome
More tourists for DC; Robberies up on Metro; DC ready for armed march; Raid affordable housing for summer school; Route 1 urban or suburban?; Transit union opposes Circulator; “Roll models” help women bike; Seriously, chill, NYC; And…. Keep reading…
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Candidates want affordable housing, balk at more housing
One of the most significant ways to ensure some affordable housing is to provide more housing. It’s not the only way and not sufficient on its own, but the clear connection between housing supply and price appears lost on multiple candidates for the April 23 DC Council at-large special election. At a Chevy Chase Community Association meeting last week, many candidates… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Disappointing
Loudoun takes bike safety more seriously?; Crosswalks are the danger zone; Wait for
affordableKeep reading…public housing; ANC commissioners, pay attention!; Goodbye, L’Enfant monoculture?; Height limit pro and con; Fewer agencies in Wheaton?; VA funds transportation; It comes down to standing; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: While there’s time
MD Senate funds transportation; Let ANCs talk more?; A stop for super stops; Keep Arlington in the loop as you bike; Anacostia Playhouse gets green light; People want a safer Bethesda; Fences get cut on MBT; Who got tickets?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mean streets
Pedestrian carnage; Don’t text and drive; Hybrid owners get a break; Cheh very supportive at bike hearing; Affordable housing needs money every year; Developer sues Graham; MD GOP vs. transit; Ask Arlington streetcar questions; And…. Keep reading…
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Streetcar won’t make Columbia Pike unaffordable
Some residents have expressed concern that the Columbia Pike Streetcar will bring changes to the Columbia Pike area. Besides traffic impacts, another oft-repeated criticism is that streetcar-oriented development will harm the relative affordability of many areas along Columbia Pike. The price of housing has soared in the areas of Arlington that are close to the Metro. It… Keep reading…