Oh, Chevy Chase (DC affordable housing)!

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There are already many apartment buildings in CC that are affordable. But obviously that does nothing for the developers.

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Anonymous wrote:One other thing I’m baffled by is why smart rich people could be so stupid and self-sabotaging as to be quoted in the Washington Post about how you think affordable housing will ruin your neighborhood. All “Connor McCarthy” has to say is “no comment,” or even “can I give you a comment without attribution?” What kind of person can be that rich and successful but also that stupid?

Honey, rich does not mean smart.

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Anonymous wrote:There are already many apartment buildings in CC that are affordable. But obviously that does nothing for the developers.

Which buildings?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure all the CC residents consider themselves to be progressive, have rainbow flags, and black lives matter signs in their yard. But when it comes time to walk the walk, look at them squirming now. They're the same dbags who block the purple line for the entire region and now want to block affordable housing because some brown people might move in. Just the same kinds of reasoning they used to block the purple line.

Why is it that areas like Silver Spring etc. are the ones that have to deal with all of the affordable housing issues? It's time for other areas of the county and city to put up or shut up. Time to build affordable housing in areas of Potomac, Bethesda, and CC.

What affordable housing issues?

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Anonymous wrote:I mean nobody likes affordable housing. If you don’t oppose it you are idealistic or it doesn’t affect you or both

To add, I live in a subsidized apt building. Was lucky to get into a relatively decent one but many neighbors are quite the characters. Higher level of littering for sure compared to my old complex. Pot smell is on par. Noise level on par or higher

I don't think that can be generalized. The affordable housing in Potomac is filled with families who just want good schools for the kids.

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Anonymous wrote:There are already many apartment buildings in CC that are affordable. But obviously that does nothing for the developers.

I don’t think this is true.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure all the CC residents consider themselves to be progressive, have rainbow flags, and black lives matter signs in their yard. But when it comes time to walk the walk, look at them squirming now. They're the same dbags who block the purple line for the entire region and now want to block affordable housing because some brown people might move in. Just the same kinds of reasoning they used to block the purple line.

Why is it that areas like Silver Spring etc. are the ones that have to deal with all of the affordable housing issues? It's time for other areas of the county and city to put up or shut up. Time to build affordable housing in areas of Potomac, Bethesda, and CC.

What affordable housing issues?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/16/dc-affordable-housing-subsidies/

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Anonymous wrote:There are already many apartment buildings in CC that are affordable. But obviously that does nothing for the developers.

I don’t think this is true.

The city has been placing homeless people in subsidized apartments up and down CT Ave for years now. No reason they couldn’t do the same for working class families in the apartment bldgs in CC. But again, no gain for developers in that scenario.

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Anonymous wrote:There are already many apartment buildings in CC that are affordable. But obviously that does nothing for the developers.

I don’t think this is true.

The city has been placing homeless people in subsidized apartments up and down CT Ave for years now. No reason they couldn’t do the same for working class families in the apartment bldgs in CC. But again, no gain for developers in that scenario.

We have an acute housing crisis, there are not enough vacant apartments. You sound very out of touch.

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Anonymous wrote:There are already many apartment buildings in CC that are affordable. But obviously that does nothing for the developers.

I don’t think this is true.

The city has been placing homeless people in subsidized apartments up and down CT Ave for years now. No reason they couldn’t do the same for working class families in the apartment bldgs in CC. But again, no gain for developers in that scenario.

We have an acute housing crisis, there are not enough vacant apartments. You sound very out of touch.

One seven-story building in CC won’t change that.

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Anonymous wrote:There are already many apartment buildings in CC that are affordable. But obviously that does nothing for the developers.

I don’t think this is true.

The city has been placing homeless people in subsidized apartments up and down CT Ave for years now. No reason they couldn’t do the same for working class families in the apartment bldgs in CC. But again, no gain for developers in that scenario.

We have an acute housing crisis, there are not enough vacant apartments. You sound very out of touch.

One seven-story building in CC won’t change that.

Each additional unit will help. Obviously.

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Anonymous wrote:There are already many apartment buildings in CC that are affordable. But obviously that does nothing for the developers.

I don’t think this is true.

The city has been placing homeless people in subsidized apartments up and down CT Ave for years now. No reason they couldn’t do the same for working class families in the apartment bldgs in CC. But again, no gain for developers in that scenario.

We have an acute housing crisis, there are not enough vacant apartments. You sound very out of touch.

One seven-story building in CC won’t change that.

Each additional unit will help. Obviously.

Great. Start with the apartment buildings that already exist. There are a lot of them.

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Anonymous wrote:There are already many apartment buildings in CC that are affordable. But obviously that does nothing for the developers.

I don’t think this is true.

The city has been placing homeless people in subsidized apartments up and down CT Ave for years now. No reason they couldn’t do the same for working class families in the apartment bldgs in CC. But again, no gain for developers in that scenario.

We have an acute housing crisis, there are not enough vacant apartments. You sound very out of touch.

One seven-story building in CC won’t change that.

Each additional unit will help. Obviously.

Great. Start with the apartment buildings that already exist. There are a lot of them.

They are already in use. Why is that so hard for you to understand?

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That would be a great location for affordable housing. It has easy access to transportation and amenities.

Affordable housing does not = homeless. I know a public defender who got into the properties at City Center.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean nobody likes affordable housing. If you don’t oppose it you are idealistic or it doesn’t affect you or both

To add, I live in a subsidized apt building. Was lucky to get into a relatively decent one but many neighbors are quite the characters. Higher level of littering for sure compared to my old complex. Pot smell is on par. Noise level on par or higher

Imo if you’re going to put affordable housing anywhere, CCDC makes the most sense. It would probably fill up with lower income workers and old people. The people who cause nuisances wouldn’t want to live up there anyway, it’s not near anything.

They don’t want to risk it
Also you won’t believe how crazy it can get with large concentrations of old people. One of the buildings in our complex is for seniors and there is hoarding, going through the trash, wild animal feeding, loud TV, leaks!
It’s not much nuisance to anyone not living there but still