Breakfast links: Yes, you have to build housing

You promised affordable housing

In 2014, DC controversially approved a development in Mount Vernon Triangle with its required affordable housing in Anacostia. After historic preservation limited the Anacostia building’s size, Developer Don Peebles asked if he could build fewer affordable units, but Mayor Bowser said no. (Post)

Losing your joint

A 1999 nuisance law is being used to evict residents over as little as a marijuana joint. The law gives city officials power to sue property owners who fail to stop illegal activity at their properties. (Post)

Low housing alert

Yet another indicator of DC’s low housing supply is that more homes have come under contract than have been listed in 2016. The ratio in LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale is higher than the city overall. (Urban Turf)

Hassles of housing

Nationwide Craigslist data confirms a lot of what we suspected about housing prices. (Next City) … It’s not even easy to demolish abandoned buildings, as Baltimore is discovering. (NPR podcast)

Bike lanes for Irving Street?

Bicycling between Brookland and Columbia Heights could get easier. DDOT has narrowed its transportation study to 2 concepts which include protected bikeways through the difficult area. (TheWashCycle)

The price of Purple delays

Delays to the Purple Line after a federal judge blocked the project will cost $13 million per month, according to Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh. The FTA is asking the judge to reconsider his ruling. (Bethesda Mag)

A better Amtrak

Amtrak got a big loan to purchase 28 new trains and increase the number of trips between DC, New York, and Boston. The new trains also could travel faster if and when tracks are upgraded in the future. (Post)

Sexual harassment, too

A former WMATA employee is suing the agency for sexual harassment by her boss. When she reported it to a supervisor, she says she was told, “maybe this isn’t the job for you.” (Post)

The loopiest bus

What’s the nation’s most squiggly bus route? The W2 and W3 around Anacostia and Congress Heights could take the prize. (Next City, LEW)  (Tip: LEW)