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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought Gilliam Place was only passed because it was seniors housing. Why are we assuming so many kids?[/quote]

No, silly. The push-back from neighbor's only resulting in the entire building not being family-sized units. Only a small number are age-limited. But, even grandparents can have custody of minor children sometimes. I don't think there will be as many as other CAFs, but there will still be more. That block had no housing, now it will have over 100 units, all of the people in those units are low-income. Just how many kids is still a guessing game. Arlington Mill PU has over 88 ED students. Worth it to note that this was a Safeway and incorporated no housing prior to being built. Buchanan Gardens PU had been mainly 1 bedrooms and had few children. It was renovated to 2 and 3 bedrooms and now has over 90 ED students living in that PU. I don't think it's right that all three CAFs should be zoned to one school, especially when only one of those 3 is in the Barcroft walk zone. Gilliam should go to Fleet and the Henry PUs south of the Pike should go to Drew. [/quote]

Ok. Yeah I agree. 
I’m wondering about long term for CAF’s though.
As I understand, dedicated low rent apartments see much less turn over? Is that correct? Is it possible these buildings will eventually start sending considerably fewer kids? I know that doesn’t help now, but could we start seeing a shift in 10 years?[/quote]

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