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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The bigger issue is the MS/HS.  APS has been notorious for not taking into account housing that is in the process of coming online.  They don't connect with the county well on what's 2-5yrs downstream.

We are a McKinley family, so I can only give an example from here, although I'm sure there are plenty of others county-wide.  When the Fisher House affordable housing was being renovated APS was refusing to plan for space for kids that they knew would be moving in 2yrs later.  They used only data based on children currently in the planning units, even as they knew a certain number of family-sized apartments were being built.

APS is asking us to do the hard work for them.  If you know there is a site that a developer is in the process of purchasing and it isn't on their spreadsheet, give them that data.  The Febrey Lothrop property is another good example.  Within 5yrs there could be dozens of SFH homes on that lot.  It needs to be in the back of their heads that those children will need to go to school somewhere, likely Ashlawn or Cardinal.

Look around your community and if you think they've missed something, get it in front of them.[/quote]

Just to piggyback on this point, if you’re concerned about school capacity, the biggest thing will change the population density of the County is the zoning change that will be coming at the end of the Missing Middle Study.  County staff would like to change single family home zoning to allow other types of units.  The issue is that the schools already can’t handle the students that will be coming here in the next 5-10 years even without zoning changes.  This is the latest opportunity to share feedback with County staff.  I also recommend emailing the County Board if you have concerns because once the County Staff makes a recommendation to the County Board at the end of the study, it’s unlikely the Board will make any major changes.  It will be too late for meaningful feedback at that point.

https://housing.arlingtonva.us/missingmiddle/

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I may be misunderstanding your post, but it sounds to me like you're saying the answer is to stop an effort to make more housing affordable to families that are in the missing middle.  Wouldn't a better and more inclusive alternative be more schools?  Larger schools?  Why is the answer that I should move out of a community I've been a part of for over a decade if I want to buy a home that doesn't stretch my budget?  [/quote]

No, I’m not saying that!  I am saying that the school capacity issue needs to be considered at the same time as the zoning change.  It’s only my opinion that the issue deserves to be looked at holistically, rather than as merely a housing issue, since the schools are already strained.

If you disagree and think the housing can be handled without consideration of school capacity, you would be welcome to provide that feedback.

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