Posts tagged Housing Supply
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What Amazon’s $2 billion housing equity fund could mean for Arlington
As Amazon builds out its headquarters in Crystal City, Arlington is facing an affordable housing crunch. Will Amazon’s new housing fund help? Keep reading…
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National links: Is it time to take hard look at what and how we build in the US?
American households are changing, but our housing supply isn’t catching up with the times. Is Pete Buttigieg a good pick for Transportation Secretary? What the future of parking spaces could look like, and more in this week’s National links. Keep reading…
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Here’s how you can weigh in to make sure the Comp Plan will help, not hurt, housing production in DC
Amending DC’s 2006 Comprehensive Plan, the District’s foundational land use text, has been ongoing since 2016. The DC Council unanimously passed a revised Framework element, which sets the tone for the rest of the document, last October (we loved it!), but the Framework is only the first chapter of a 1,500-page doorstop. However! A public hearing on 24 additional elements is scheduled for November 12 and 13. Keep reading…
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Not every obsolete office building is cut out to become apartments
Despite the glut of unused office space, office conversion has been comparatively limited in the region. These are the considerations that factor in to whether an obsolete office building might be a candidate for another use. Keep reading…
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How can we talk about housing after COVID-19?
Housing has been a reliably zeitgeisty topic, nationally and in DC, for several years. Discussions about it get heated. It’s combative! It’s intensified, just like everything else, by COVID-19! So many people—residents, advocates, experts, elected officials—are stakeholders in how housing works. Given that, what are we all going to say about it now? Keep reading…
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Rent controlled apartments may slow displacement for people of color, a report finds
A new housing report by the DC Policy Center found, “The presence of rent-controlled housing is positively correlated with longer tenure and a smaller loss of residents of color, suggesting that rent-controlled stock, at some level, could be playing a role in mitigating displacement.” Keep reading…
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Montgomery County weighs its zoning options to tackle a growing population, and a housing shortage
Montgomery County has seen a steady increase in its population since 1980. But there has also been a decrease in housing production. To combat this dilemma, the Montgomery County Planning Department has been looking at a multitude of solutions including building more missing middle housing. Keep reading…
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We’re joining DC’s Reclaim Rent Control coalition. Here’s why.
DC will soon renew its rent stabilization policy, which limits the amount rent can increase in older apartment buildings of a certain size. Last year, in anticipation of this, a coalition called the Reclaim Rent Control was formed to push for a more expansive policy. Keep reading…
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Tysons is building housing that’s affordable to more workers
Rising rent, limited supply, flat incomes, and other factors have contributed to the affordable housing shortage across the Washington region. Tysons, Virginia—with its towering office buildings and a median household income of $101,587—is probably not first place you think of to find affordable housing, but it is making an effort to provide more options. Keep reading…
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Democratic presidential hopefuls take aim at housing reform. What does that mean for our region?
At the top of any Washington region constituent’s concerns is the high and increasing cost of housing. Over the past 20 years, increases in house prices have far exceeded residents’ increases in income. These concerns are just as elevated in the metro’s urban core—the District, Arlington and Alexandria—as they are in the suburbs and exurbs. Keep reading…