Bowser proposes to add over 1,500 new affordable housing units to "Rock Creek West"

[Anonymous]

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Prince George's County is extremely close to what, compared to what? Close to DC, compared to Kansas?

Much of PG is closer to downtown DC job center than "Rock Creek West." Yep. Get out a map.

The border doesn’t matter.

At least it doesn’t matter for the PG scammers who fraudulently send their kids to DC public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Prince George's County is extremely close to what, compared to what? Close to DC, compared to Kansas?

Much of PG is closer to downtown DC job center than "Rock Creek West." Yep. Get out a map.

The border doesn’t matter.

At least it doesn’t matter for the PG scammers who fraudulently send their kids to DC public schools.

Please do not mention that enormous trove of affordable housing just across the border from DC. We are supposed to pretend that doesn't exist.

[Anonymous]

This is so ridiculous. It won’t happen.

[Anonymous]

This is so great. Look forward to it happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Prince George's County is extremely close to what, compared to what? Close to DC, compared to Kansas?

Much of PG is closer to downtown DC job center than "Rock Creek West." Yep. Get out a map.

The border doesn’t matter.

At least it doesn’t matter for the PG scammers who fraudulently send their kids to DC public schools.

Please do not mention that enormous trove of affordable housing just across the border from DC. We are supposed to pretend that doesn't exist.

The affordable homes in close in PG pretty much all have people living in them. If working class people from DC move into them, where do those people go?

[Anonymous]

If Bowser wants to add a lot of new housing, not just affordable housing, to "Rock Creek West" is she proposing an infrastructure fee? Under an infrastructure fee or fund used in many jurisdictions, developers pay an assessment to pay for new or expanded schools, parks, playgrounds and other transportation infrastructure necessary to accommodate growth.

This is important, as Ward 3 schools are already overcrowded. And it's logical to have those who would directly profit from growth bear most of the costs - the externalities - associated with it. But so far, just crickets from the mayor's office and the office of planning on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Bowser wants to add a lot of new housing, not just affordable housing, to "Rock Creek West" is she proposing an infrastructure fee? Under an infrastructure fee or fund used in many jurisdictions, developers pay an assessment to pay for new or expanded schools, parks, playgrounds and other transportation infrastructure necessary to accommodate growth.

This is important, as Ward 3 schools are already overcrowded. And it's logical to have those who would directly profit from growth bear most of the costs - the externalities - associated with it. But so far, just crickets from the mayor's office and the office of planning on this.

Why do I have the feeling that this plan will go the way of her Vision Zero plan, which apart from a bunch of splashy news conferences has been a laughable failure because Bowser clearly doesn't give a shit about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Bowser wants to add a lot of new housing, not just affordable housing, to "Rock Creek West" is she proposing an infrastructure fee? Under an infrastructure fee or fund used in many jurisdictions, developers pay an assessment to pay for new or expanded schools, parks, playgrounds and other transportation infrastructure necessary to accommodate growth.

This is important, as Ward 3 schools are already overcrowded. And it's logical to have those who would directly profit from growth bear most of the costs - the externalities - associated with it. But so far, just crickets from the mayor's office and the office of planning on this.

Developers already pay a fee. They must donate to Bowser reelect

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Bowser wants to add a lot of new housing, not just affordable housing, to "Rock Creek West" is she proposing an infrastructure fee? Under an infrastructure fee or fund used in many jurisdictions, developers pay an assessment to pay for new or expanded schools, parks, playgrounds and other transportation infrastructure necessary to accommodate growth.

This is important, as Ward 3 schools are already overcrowded. And it's logical to have those who would directly profit from growth bear most of the costs - the externalities - associated with it. But so far, just crickets from the mayor's office and the office of planning on this.

Developers already pay a fee. They must donate to Bowser reelect

Yes, they do. By check, wire or cash in a brown envelope.

[Anonymous]

Zoning Commission Approves Updated Plans For 1,100-Unit Sursum Corda Project
The approval comes after Toll Brothers acquired the property at M and First streets NW for $60M in March 2018. The developer began demolishing the 1960s-era buildings on the site in November, and filed its PUD application that same month.

Roughly 200 of the total 1,131 units would be set aside as affordable.

Read more at: https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/multifamily/zoning-commission-approves-updated-plans-for-1100-unit-sursum-corda-project-101441?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=Browser

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zoning Commission Approves Updated Plans For 1,100-Unit Sursum Corda Project
The approval comes after Toll Brothers acquired the property at M and First streets NW for $60M in March 2018. The developer began demolishing the 1960s-era buildings on the site in November, and filed its PUD application that same month.

Roughly 200 of the total 1,131 units would be set aside as affordable.

Read more at: https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/multifamily/zoning-commission-approves-updated-plans-for-1100-unit-sursum-corda-project-101441?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=Browser

Approximately 20 percent “affordable” housing is a pitifully paltry number, considering that DC transferred a public site that had all subsidized public housing to one of the country’s biggest residential development companies.

This should be Exhibit A to show how Bowser cares far more about rewarding developers cronies and contributors than about creating truly affordable housing.

But she can always promise more “platitudes to the people.” It should be her campaign slogan.

[Anonymous]

So the idea behind all this criticism about developers is that because some Bowser allies will make money on this deal, and the amount of affordable housing could theoretically be higher, it’s better not to do anything at all? That seems quite convenient for everyone except the people who need affordable housing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the idea behind all this criticism about developers is that because some Bowser allies will make money on this deal, and the amount of affordable housing could theoretically be higher, it’s better not to do anything at all? That seems quite convenient for everyone except the people who need affordable housing.

When DC makes city-owned property for private development (at what seems like a very attractive price BTW), shouldn’t DC require a much greater level of affordable housing than ordinarily required by statute and density bonuses? Moreover, this site originally had all subsidized public housing. The failure of DC to get commitments for more than 20 percent affordable housing suggests that the Bowser administration gave Toll a sweetheart deal, is plain incompetent as in negotiating, or both.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Oh well. Guess the joke is on you cause your position is irrelevant. The city wants to significantly increase dedicated affordable housing options in Rock Creek West and it’s gonna happen despite your alternative suggestions.
Looks like if you don’t want dedicated affordable housing in your neighborhood you’re gonna have to pack your shit and move.

No honey. It's not actually going to happen, simply because an administration produces a "report" describing an aspirational "goal" and then hold a press conference to announce an aspirational "proposal."

Okay sweetie. You can think whatever you want but the future of affordable housing in D.C. won’t be confined to the usual neighborhoods. When Mayor Muriel Bowser released the District’s Housing Equity Report, which will create 36,000 new homes by 2025, 12,000 of which will be affordable to low-income residents but guess what... they won’t be bunched together in the typical areas where you see low-income housing; they will placed to change the way things have been for a long time. The new low-income housing will be integrated throughout the District’s eight wards, giving those in lower income brackets access to the same transportation opportunities and amenities as those of higher income levels.

Now the public review period of the plan runs through Dec. 20 so if you got objections I suggest you get off DCUM and go find yourself a drawing board to get a plan together to poke some legitimate holes in the plan prior to that date - otherwise IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

What is Mayor Bow-wow’s plan to preserve the substantial stock of rent controlled housing in Ward 3? That is a huge source of existing affordable housing but the report doesn’t say anything about rent controlled housing. Ironically, upzoning could drastically reduce such housing stock.

Methinks that her plan isn’t really about affordable housing. But it is most certainly about creating new big, dense and tall lucrative development opportunities in NW DC for Bowser’s developer friends.

Yep her policies constantly backfire on rent control. Like the apartment building that went from rent control to above market rate vouchers paid by city. Puzzles me how that "increased" stock or made any sense. But once the apartments flipped to vouchers the landlords can eventually do what they want sans rent control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Prince George's County is extremely close to what, compared to what? Close to DC, compared to Kansas?

Much of PG is closer to downtown DC job center than "Rock Creek West." Yep. Get out a map.

The border doesn’t matter.

At least it doesn’t matter for the PG scammers who fraudulently send their kids to DC public schools.

Please do not mention that enormous trove of affordable housing just across the border from DC. We are supposed to pretend that doesn't exist.

The affordable homes in close in PG pretty much all have people living in them. If working class people from DC move into them, where do those people go?

Hmmm they don't sound dense enough. Maybe someone should look at that and build up??