"Zoning for Housing" in Alexandria -- no more SFHs?
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Anonymous
| No one owes you a SFH. Get a better job |
Anonymous
What? The proposal is to allow other types of housing in a close-in suburb, not give away SFHs… |
Anonymous
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This is happening in my area. It brings down the neighborhood many of which were built in the 1950's and 1960's with single family homes and large trees.
One of the biggest problems is parking. The single family homes had 2 cars. The 4 unit complexes now have 8 cars and more when people visit. The 4 unit complexes are pricey. They certainly are not starter home prices. Homeowners in the neighborhoods oppose this but it is getting passed by the builders lobby. |
Anonymous
| Known as missing middle in Arlington. I opposed but so far it’s been no big deal because there are caps on size, quantity, and height, and I think decent parking requirements were preserved. Also I live in N Arlington and neighbors have freaked out and gotten developers to stop townhouse plans and revert to SFH plans. In south Arlington, it will be more prevalent, compounding the existing issues with school overcrowding, parking, and space in general. It’s ok though, wealthy people will do option schools or lottery, and eventually leave the area, once again voting for and creating a problematic situation and then leaving the area. |
Anonymous
I thought a couple of permits had been approved for townhouses in the EFC area of Arlington. The neighbors were able to block those? |
Anonymous
It’s not about giving away SFH, which no one interpreted the zoning to do. It’s about changing the dynamics and atmosphere of SFH neighborhoods. Many people lived in condos, THs, multi family dwellings at some point then purposely moved to SFH neighborhoods because they didn’t want that dense dynamic anymore. By allowing someone’s next door neighbor to build a multi family dwelling it completely changes the neighborhood. |
Anonymous
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I’m think lowering plot size makes more sense. I know a town which has same issues but back in 1970s. To balance the need for affordable housing and new units with the fact current residents wanted to ban all new condos, coops, multi family they decided to redone SFH to 30x80 plots. And town make it difficult to combine plots.
They build a lot of 800-1,200 sf homes on these 30x80 plots. Everyone happy. And houses required to have driveway and garage. |
Anonymous
Wanting housing to be more = wanting handouts. Sorry some of us don’t want to work ourselves to utter exhaustion because everything is going up significantly in cost while wages aren’t increasing at the same rate. I’m sure when you are on your death bed the last thing you’ll be thinking about is how you wished you worked more. |
Anonymous
But I presume they want those neighborhoods bc they are close to density without themselves being dense. I think people are realizing we need to create more housing near the city and the jobs. You may need to move further out of you seek certain “dynamics.” If you want to live close-in, you may need to accept more neighbors. |
Anonymous
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They need to fix the schools, infrastructure and traffic issues before adding more density. But they won’t.
If you have been in the area for any length of time, you know that the number of condos and townhouses has risen extensively in the last 20 years - Kingstowne, Carslye, all the townhouses by the old power plant and along et 1, the townhouse communities along Duke close to Landmark ( former SFH), the new condos near green st., etc This is a $ grab for the city. |
Anonymous
DP. Also in North Arlington. My biggest gripe is that so far the housing that has been built have been mostly rentals. I assume that is going to be what happens in Alexandria as well. I’m not opposed to rentals but I think it’s unethical for proponents to sell these things as expanding homeownership opportunities |
Anonymous
| The majority of the city of alexandria is apartments and condos so this whole idea is asinine. |
Anonymous
It’s virtual signaling and the OP is a troll. Lame. |
Anonymous
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Allowing up to a fourplex where a SFH might otherwise stand today, without otherwise altering the size and footprint (because nothing about zoning for housing changes how much of the land you can cover or how tall you can build it) is the tiniest change imaginable.
The amount of yelling about this is wild in the context of the actual proposal. You should read them yourself OP. |
Anonymous
| "Missing middle" and the ilk are just convenient for Dem-controlled boards to usher in new development. By slapping the words "equity" and "smart-growth", etc. these boards can fool the public into approving new development that will only benefit developers at the end of the day. |