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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in S Arl (near the Pike) and love it.

Our income is in the mid 400's and we could afford most of N Arl but chose to live here for the diversity and for our elementary school that gives preference to S Arl families.

That said, the school's all over the county are a mess with all the overcrowding, the focus on testing etc (in my opinion) and so we are headed to private school in the fall. North Arlington schools are not an option either in my opinion as the overcrowding and emphasis on test scores is the same there.

I'm a supporter of affordable housing. The kids who live in well-run, committed affordable housing communities do better in school as the families are in more stable/supported environments. It's the kids who are constantly moving or that are in market rate affordable housing units that struggle more.

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I thought the move was away from putting up projects except in Alexandria[/quote]

Actually it is Alexandria that is doing away with "projects" and moving toward scattered site affordable housing.  The Berg in the heart of Old Town is slowly being replaced with expensive townhouses as is the stretch of public housing between Washington St and Rt 1.

Arlington has moved to concentrating affordable units in individual buildings, such as the new built as Glebe and Carlin Springs and the newer building at Columbia Pike and Four Mile Run.  Arlington tried scattered site housing by making builders set aside units in new buildings as affordable. Unfortunately Arlington did not consider the cost of condo fees that had to be paid by those who bought the affordable units. The fees were too high, so the units had to be sold at market rate.  Proceeds were used for the affordable housing fund to which new housing builds must also contribute

To the person who mentioned that a good deal of committed affordable housing is in North Arlington, much of that is concentrated in units for the elderly at Culpeper Gardens, Hunter Park and the Carlin.  A bank robber was recently apprehended  at the Carlin when he visited his grandmother. Other than  The Claridge in Crystal City, most of the South Arlington committed housing is occupied by younger people who contribute more to the school and social problems[/quote]

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