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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People need to stop smoking so much weed if they actually believe that any for profit developer will ever take a SHF rezoned lot and make it into several affordable housing units.  Just look at what they've done right around the corner from the dealership on Duncan. Torn down 1 house and put up 4 townhomes that sold around $1.5million EACH.  205 Duncan.  How are any of those "affordable"?

"Darden Towns, brand new luxury construction in the heart of Del Ray,... is a small subdivision (?) only half a block away from Mt. Vernon."

https://www.zillow.com/homes/205-e-duncan-22301_rb/2062400905_zpid/

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You're making the point of why bonus height (and things like Accessory dwelling units, or missing middle approaches like they are discussing in Arlington) is needed...

205 Duncan was three lots - redeveloped into the only thing you really can build in Del Ray today... SFHs.  I guess it's a small win that instead of 3 McMansions that would have naturally gone here, we get 4 townhomes instead - and yes, as much as 1.5M sounds like a lot, it actually is "affordable" compared to the SFH alternatives that end up here otherwise.

The true path to affordability requires building more densely than townhomes, which is exactly what the bonus height amendment would allow.  The only way to build more is to build up.  Which...with a metro station on either end of the neighborhood is exactly what Alexandria should be encouraging.

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