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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just can't get over the fact that the missing middle "solution" doesn't actually solve the problem that it sets out to address.  These new places aren't going to be "affordable housing" for teachers or others who work here.  They're going to be extremely expensive upper middle class housing that's basically a cash grab for developers, meanwhile there's no provisions being made for space in schools or other effects.  wtf Arlington?  [/quote]

It wasn't about solving the "affordable housing" issue.

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That's actually another issue I have with this whole thing. When I first saw the term "missing middle" my thought was *not* housing, it was income, or at least housing that middle-income people could afford. Yes as soon as I looked into it I realized it wasn't an initiative to help teachers live here, but I really do think the name of the initiative is misleading and makes it sound a lot more altruistic than it is.

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I saw it as the "missing middle" of housing. We have SFHs. We have apartment buildings. We already have some THs but could use more units in the middle. 
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And you were correct, I was not. However, I still think the board could have and should have made clear that this initiative probably isn't going to make housing costs more affordable, since it's not entirely unreasonable to think that "missing middle housing" implies making housing affordable for middle income people who are priced out of the area. [/quote]

I can see how some people would misinterpret it but I don't think it implies that. 
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I think the discussion also gets bogged down in how one defines middle income, because a couple with two fine-but-not-management-level government jobs could be earning a solid $250K+, which doesn't sound middle income but around here is. [/quote]

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