Posts tagged Housing
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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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When Georgetown was on the wrong side of the creek
Ghosts of DC found a great map from the Library of Congress archives. It shows the property values of each block in DC in 1879. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New York analogues
Rediscover Columbus Circle; Settle down about bikeshare, NYC; Adams Morgan = West Village?; KIPP will have to wait for Randall; Board sanctions Orange; Take a look; Is your commute an idyll?; Flood-control parkway; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where the headquarters go
Police HQ swap for DCU stadium?; Post wants “cheap” HQ, handouts; The housing action is in cities; Single unemployed people don’t buy homes; McAuliffe backs ethics panel; Metro morsels; Bike bits; Development dollops; Forethought for Foxx. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Surprising popularity
Reservations over Reservation 13; Traffic cameras are popular; MoCo CaBi coming; Floreen wants lanes; Do we need another highway?; Walk the long way to VRE; More power for ethics?; Small units get big; Safer without stoplights; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Vote
Vote today. Why not now?; Marijuana arrests target blacks; United stadium looking likely; Trees are ultimately obstacles; Swing span got stuck; Met Branch Trail unstuck; Count people and bikes in Alexandria; We’re renting more, driving less; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let the bikes continue
Army Navy cycle track; Trail trials; Empty warehouse or market?; Police unions differ on cameras; We’re number 4!; The recession halted “job sprawl”; Groceries on the bus?; Don’t panic about Cheh bill; Next stop, extreme wealth. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Track worked
A good weekend to bike; Saved from the tracks; No one wants the middle seat; Move Constitution Avenue?; The rent really is damn high; DC gov employees will get fatter paychecks; Cuccinelli won’t repeal VA transpo funding; Ride Montgomery for Earth Day; Share with brotherly love. 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…