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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dc does not need anymore subsidized housing at all. It already has one of highest rates of subsidized housing anywhere in the country. More than any other state on a per capita basis in the entire US. It needs more market rate housing to balance out the budget and backfill the giant financial hole from downsizing federal government employment levels. [/quote]
Any jobs for these new homeowners or are you just interested in the independently wealthy that don't need jobs?[/quote]

There is plenty of market rate housing that is affordable to people that are employed. DC needs more balanced growth in order to support the funding required for the generous social services it currently provides. C[b]ontinuing to require and approve such a large number of housing units for very low income people [/b]is a recipe for disaster if you want a functional government. Without balanced growth by income group this whole funding mechanism will collapse and the quality of public services will deteriorate. [/quote]

80% AMI is not "very low income" people. I mean, this is not a homeless shelter being proposed in Chevy Chase, despite the crying from the NIMBYs.[/quote]

I’m saying nothing about this specific development income threshold, I’m saying that forcing high density development on communities that don’t want it is symptomatic of DCs overall political dysfunction where people  seem to know what is best for everyone else, but themselves. [/quote]

the proposed development in Chevy Chase is a whopping ten feet higher than what is there currently, with more usable greenspace on the ground. It is public space, so the public writ large gets to decide how to use it, not a few NIMBYs who are on a twit because they don't want "the poors" begriming their neighborhood.[/quote]

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