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Uh, last I checked, NE and SE were certainly holding up their end of the bargain of providing more housing in places like NoMA, Navy Yard, St. Elizabeth's, etc. In most of these places, they're butting up against the Height Act.  So where exactly do you propose that people live?[/quote]

Not in my backyard, obviously!

(I am not the PP you're responding to.)[/quote]

So is Ward 3.  In just two blocks of Wisconsin Ave, between Rodman and Upton Streets, there are 1500 new homes under construction or about to start (City Ridge and 4000 Wisconsin).  These are among the largest current housing developments in the District.  Add to these major projects the Lady Bird development in AU Park and various smaller projects up and down Wisconsin Ave., and the Ward is close to meeting the mayor’s ballyhooed housing goal by 2025.  [/quote]

So this is a great point but it turns out that these new development number (There are actually 2000 units if you include Ladybird on Mass) only count towards the Mayors number if they are low and moderate income housing (numbers that are determined by the Mayor). So of the 2000 units being built right now, builders are only required to declare 10% as low and moderate income housing. So to get the number that the Mayor wants for Ward 3 (2500 affordable housing units), Builders actually need to find places to build 25,000 units total of multi family housing. That will require 2,500 of which to be declared 'affordable'. [/quote]

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