Arlington Missing Middle Housing Q&A
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Anonymous
He already built a duplex in LV. On one of the H roads I believe. |
Anonymous
What was Adam Theo arrested for? |
Anonymous
That would be very interesting if Brian was able to get a variance to build a duplex in Lyon Village. He did a custom build recently on Hartford St. Is that a duplex? He was able to build the duplex on Wakefield St. because there was an old duplex on the lot and he could build a new duplex by right. |
Anonymous
What he calls "teenage indiscretions." He spent a few months in jail and was able to get his felony record swiped by a sympathetic lawyer. |
Anonymous
I'm not sure how the title/ownership works - might be considered a SFH - but it's two units. I can't keep track of the H streets. One of those. |
Anonymous
I thought it was bad checks in his 20s. |
Anonymous
He doesn't really seem to be hiding it: https://www.theoforarlington.org/2021/12/the-season-for-second-chances/?iframe=true |
Anonymous
Felony for bad checks? WTH? Automatic disqualifier. |
Anonymous
I'm fine with second chances. But I think there's something deeply cynical about telling gullible renters that they're entitled to their choice of housing in their desired location at a price that fits the salary of their chosen career. |
Anonymous
Do you think there's any thing cynical about telling elderly voters that nothing in their neighborhood needs to change, ever, because what they're used to is what the deserve forever? I'm not voting for anyone who describes themselves as socially liberal and fiscally conservative, which is code for "I've got mine and that's proof that the system works" |
Anonymous
In my Arlington neighborhood the elderly voters are all for Missing Middle housing. They know it will increase the value of their lots when they sell. It is the younger people, particularly the government workers in the original houses with modest additions, and the new buyers in the McMansion who are against Missing Middle housing. A lot of them moved from DC or congested parts of Arlington. All I heard last night during trick or treating was: "We don't want to turn our neighborhood into Clarendon/Ballston/Crystal City/Shirlington. I do wonder about people who think in terms of "codes" and then try to interpret the "codes" for sad little reasons. |
Anonymous
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We were looking for a house last year. New build town houses started in the 900s. How is that helping the Missing Middle? We also saw older THs that seemed a lot less expensive but when you added the HOA fees they were on par with the mortgage for a SFH, though granted we'd have to do our own yard work for the SFH (which we don't mind).
I also wish the school board and zoning boards were forced to coordinate so that schools were expanded BEFORE known students show up, not years after. |
Anonymous
During a recent stroll in North Arlington we saw many signs opposed to missing middle. Even at the older ramblers. And were approached by several out for a stroll or walking dogs - all older people who did not hesitate to say Hi and delve into why they wanted no missing middle. The author of the Washington Monthly Missing Middle article https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/10/30/arlington-virginia-missing-middle-housing-zoning/ Why I Can’t Afford to Live Where I Grew Up I’m a proud daughter of Arlington, Virginia. But its land use policies are keeping homeownership out of reach for natives like me. by Gabby Birenbaum October 30, 2022 Parents bought their first property, a Lyon Village 4 bedroom colonial SFH, in 1998. Note 1st - seemed to have missed the condo, duplex, townhouse, old rambler/bilevel, less great neighborhood phase of property ownership. So the author was born shortly after the parents moved in so she's 23 or 24 and expects a N ARL SF? Financing source of down payment? Sale price? Was it a fixer upper? ARL has had decades of pass downs- sales excluded from comps for tax assessment because the property is a gift or sold to relatives at below fair market value. There are new builds or renos that were passdown properties. All those properties you see are not builders. Some have the same or only slightly larger impervious surface cover. ARL is public water and sewer so impervious surface is what counts for stormwater. ARL also has some no sidewalk streets and limited off street parking capacity-smaller lot sizes. Similar original vintage neghborhoods in Bethesda can be worse with more narrow streets - parking on both sides, no sidewalks, 2 cars can't pass, limited or no off street parking. |
Anonymous
In my Arlington neighborhood (near the metro, big lots) it's like 9:1 against Missing Middle and it appears to hold for all age groups. |
Anonymous
Well, the Arlington County Board has sent a report to the planning commission, comprised of YIMBYs, allowing just about anything they want in Arlington, with a little concession on tree canopies. This is going to be fun to watch as my McMansion dwelling neighbors wake up one morning to find 16 people living in an quadplex next to their $2.5M house and multiple cars blocking the street. |