Posts tagged Affordable Housing
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Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey: Affordability
Arlington has been so successful that many people want to live there. But that very success means many people can’t afford to live in most of Arlington. How can the county bring the economic benefits, retail diversity, and walkability to some of its less popular neighborhoods while ensuring that people of all income levels can continue to live in Arlington? Keep reading…
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Even more links: New perspective in the Old Line
Wilson Bridge trail makes connections; How about smart growth, not pro growth or no growth; Village green or secret courtyard?; Affordable Bethesda; To get Metro, Fairfax has to tax; U.S. calls timeout on ‘roadless’ forest projects. Keep reading…
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Burtonsville residents protest affordable housing
In eastern Montgomery County, fears of low-income housing have galvanized the community. Pushed by civic activists who were able to rewrite the local Master Plan to favor the development of single-family homes, the Planning Board approved a waiver last Thursday reducing the number of required Moderately Priced Dwelling Units (MPDUs) in a proposed 365-home Burtonsville development… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Park or don’t drive
Charlottesville considers meters; NCPC unhappy with no new parking at Navy Yard?; Talking parking in Alexandria; Sweeper cam tickets to fund housing; BRAC all fraked; NYC imagines 49,000 shared bicycles; DCCA elects slate, President too close to call. Keep reading…
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Rapid bus proposal could finally fulfill broken promise to MoCo’s east side
The Transportation Planning Board’s proposal for a regional network of Bus Rapid Transit lines holds a lot of promise for the region as a whole. But it’s most significant in Montgomery County’s District 4, where voters will pick a new County Councilmember next week. While this area has very little transit, save for a Metro station at Glenmont and two of the most-ridden… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Closing the case
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. Keep reading…
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Forty days and forty nights without inclusionary zoning
In 2006, the DC Council and Zoning Commission passed rules to implement inclusionary zoning. This policy gives developers a density bonus in exchange for a requirement to provide a small amount of housing below market rate. Then-Councilmember Adrian Fenty was a big proponent of IZ, but since becoming Mayor, has dragged his feet on implementing the program. In the meantime, several… Keep reading…
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Washingtonian features Greater Greater Washington
The Washingtonian’s “Blogger Beat” interviewed me about how we can make Greater Washington greater. Here are a few the topics we covered; check out the article for the more detailed responses. Keep reading…
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Wheeler Terrace: a step in the right direction in River East
East of the Anacostia River lie beautiful neighborhoods like Deanwood, Anacostia, and Bellevue, full of historic houses and tree-lined streets. They’re also DC’s poorest wards. There’s no shortage of land to be developed, and plans like those for Poplar Point and Benning (PDF) have slowly but surely shifted focus across the river to areas that were previously… Keep reading…
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Skip the housing, get the affordable housing tax credit?
According to DCmud, due to some bizarre quirks of Arlington’s tax code, a developer building near the Metro is getting affordable housing tax credits… for not building housing. Or maybe not; see the update below. Keep reading…