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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why people can't separate out the issues of affordable housing with development of the library/community center.  Many of us want both - We want the city to do their job and refurbish the library and the community center as publicly owned assets.  And develop affordable housing in Ward 3.

The rub is - why does it all have to be on the same lot?  There's plenty of other housing being developed.  Does City Center have affordable housing?  What about all the development in Tenley/Friendship Heights? Or the many other aging apartment buildings on CT avenue that constantly have a "vacancy" sign out front.  Set the zoning to require set-asides of affordable housing units.  I'd even prefer the city buy one of these other buildings [or just units in one of these other buildings] and develop the whole thing into affordable housing.  But basically by combining the two and giving away public land to a developer, the City is basically giving away these public resources.  [/quote]

None of the buildings constantly have vacancy signs out. And just because there are vacancies now and then doesn't mean that there isn't a shortage of housing. There should always be a healthy number of vacancies in the market so that people can easily move in and out of apartment buildings, from apartments to houses, etc. I would suggest going through the exercise of looking at historical vacancy rates to compare to today's vacancy rate. [/quote]

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