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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Change the law to require any development over 30 units to include 33 percent IZ housing.  If DC is serious then it need to up the standards.  Otherwise, the push for “affordable” housing seems like an excuse and smoke screen to let development companies build just more high end market rate housing.[/quote]

which will mean fewer new developments and less IZ

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But the mayor says we need lots more affordable housing.  We will never grow our way to affordable housing with current requirements of 8-10 percent IZ in qualifying projects.  We have to up the percentages by statue.

Unless, it's really not about affordable housing after all.[/quote]

I don't think the citywide IZ mandate can by itself meet the Mayors goal. It's one tool. Other tools are added AH commitments on specific larger developments, esp on District owned land. Also direct subsidies and loans to create AH.   [/quote]

Even larger developments in Ward 3 like City Ridge and Cathedral Commons have only 8 to 10 percent IZ (and the later was a PUD with greater height and density than matter of right so should have had more IZ than bare minimum).  There’s just not the political will in the mayor’s office to require more from developers.  Bowser doesn’t want to antagonize her “johns.”[/quote]

The Wharf though is much higher  -  30%.  At McMillan about 15%.  [/quote]

In both cases DC owned the land.  Per policy, they should be demanding much greater affordable housing in RFPs to redevelop DIstrict-owned property.  (Phase 2 of the Wharf is more luxury and is expected to have a considerably lower percentage of IZ, unfortunately.). However, the DC government owns very little developable land in upper NW to redevelop and demand much greater affordable housing -unless they want to sell off a park or one of the fields at Deal or Wilson.[/quote]

Again, this was all in response to this:

[i]But the mayor says we need lots more affordable housing. [/i]

My point is that if 8 to 10% IZ is not enough   to add all the required AH, that is okay because its only one tool and there are others.  Including District owned land in all wards, and also direct govt subsidies and loans.

Its possible that District owned land in Ward 3 will play a small or no role.  [/quote]

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