Posts tagged Affordable Housing
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Public land deals give hot neighborhoods affordable housing
Someone sitting in the lively plaza in the heart of Columbia Heights or enjoying a bite to eat at 5th & K’s Busboys and Poets might not know that the shiny new apartment buildings nearby house both well-off residents and and those earning modest to very low incomes. The new mixed-income buildings, built on formerly city-owned land, contain 20-35% affordable housing that… Keep reading…
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Ask Kwame to keep the West End housing deal affordable
Unless DC Council Chairman Kwame Brown reverses course, the long-awaited replacement of the West End Library and fire station will move forward without the originally-promised affordable housing. Please Tell Chairman Brown to fund West End affordable housing. Long planned as a 52-unit project of very affordable apartments for those earning up to 60% of area median… Keep reading…
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Why the angst over accessory dwellings?
While DC’s zoning update discourse has bizarrely revolved thus far around a small group of opponents spreading false information, there are serious policy differences to genuinely debate. One is the proposal to allow accessory dwellings in single-family zones in DC and Montgomery County. Planning departments in both jurisdictions want to follow many other places… Keep reading…
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Would a Silver Spring arts center work?
A group of Silver Spring residents want to turn an old police station into an arts center modeled on the Gateway Arts Center in Prince George’s County. However, building an artist community in Silver Spring will require something that’s hard to find here: housing that artists can afford. The Gateway Arts Center is successful partly because it’s located in… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A new era in Ward 5
Councilmember McDuffie; Metro opens doors?; Res. 13 starts slowly; Budget harmony; Roads getting safer; Tweaks to Ike Memorial; Speed camera torched; Norton not allowed to represent; New Urbanists are the adults in the room; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shape DC’s future
Live in 5? Vote! (McDuffie!); Budget boosts housing, delays NoMa park; Taxis get better; Bike & Ride opens today; What to do with Franklin; Pepco trims trees; Fly to PDX, SJU, AUS, SFO; Nothing new under the sun; Santa Monica fights meter feeding; Los Angeles grows up. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Not going down
Long escalators aren’t worse; Where 5ers stand; Now Capitol Bikeshare, too; Disabled parking abuse rampant; What if… no height limit and crazy architects?; Beauregard a go; More room to eat your jumbo slice; Siding sidelines project; Plan transportation for Fairfax; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pass on the gas
Wheaton Costco may not get gas; H Street gets gas; Bus grows at rail’s expense; Silver Line not a priority outside NoVa; CaBi is infrastructure; Bad bike citations are common; Community survey cut; And…. Keep reading…
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Affordable housing advocates should talk about land use… and land use advocates need to talk about affordability
When discussing housing affordability, there are 2 groups of advocates who are constantly talking past each other. Affordable housing groups do not engage with the economic arguments for building more housing, while proponents of expanding the housing supply don’t spend enough time thinking about how to ensure that an increased supply benefits everyone. This week,… Keep reading…
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Cuts threaten successful homeownership program
Affordable housing in the District is disappearing, and programs to help low- and moderate-income residents afford housing in DC are dwindling. One of the affordable housing programs at risk in this year’s budget, thanks largely to federal budget cuts, is the Home Purchase Assistance Program (HPAP), which has helped 13,000 low-income renters become homeowners in DC. HPAP… Keep reading…