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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The list of N Arlington low-income protected housing is substantially larger, because many newer buildings in the area are also compelled to reserve a certain number of units for low-income and there are mid-size garden complexes around in various N Arlington areas that people don't mention...In the middle of the two new strips of very upscale Buckingham THs there is a low-income complex called the George Mason Apartments that's a decent size for example....

http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/CPHD/housing/housing_info/CPHDHousingHousing_infoAffordable.aspx[/quote]

The county is trying to maintain a healthy level of low income housing in North Arlington, but the number of low income units has substantially decreased over the past 20+ years, a trend that is very unlikely to change. In N Arlington, there are pockets of low-income areas, and low-income apartments are sometimes mixed with market rate apartments, but whole neighborhoods of high poverty in N Arlington no longer exist.

Landowners in the 80s had let their formerly market-rate garden apartments decline, hoping to cash in on the redevelopment close to the Metro orange line. Buckingham held out the longest, and it became an area of high poverty in the 90s. The redevelopment there today was always planned. Unless a non-profit buys the Geo Mason apartments, I suspect the owner will eventually sell to a developer. [/quote]

This is more appropriate for the real estate thread, but I was interested in those nice THs now on sale but concerned about the George Mason Apartments which are literally adjacent- are they protected or not? Can they be re-developed in the future by right of the developer or are they there to stay? [/quote]

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