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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe the Bowser flack can answer the question of why the existing rent controlled housing stock was deliberately omitted from the reported number of affordable units?  Why is this important pillar of true affordability (as opposed to higher income-based IZ units) being ignored?![/quote]

Maybe you can actually look at the Housing Equity Report before you speak 
[url]https://housing.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/housingdc/page_content/attachments/Housing%20Equity%20Report%2010-15-19.pdf[/url]

Or maybe you can look back at previous posts in this thread where these graphics which came from the Housing Equity Report were already provided for your viewing pleasure.

[quote=Anonymous]Figure 1: where DC'S [color=red][b]EXISTING [/b][/color]dedicated affordable housing is located by planning area
Figure 2: areas with the biggest shortages of affordable housing targeted for the biggest increases by 2025

[img]https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/MAPS-1-600x499.jpeg[/img] [img]https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/affordable-housing-goals-map-1024x868.png[/img][/quote][/quote]

Exactly.  The so-called Equity Report did not include rent controlled units.

Perhaps it is because this really ins't about affordable housing.  It's about picking and choosing the numbers to justify a massive up zoning of ward 3 under the pretext of "affordable" housing.  This will benefit developers and other cronies who contribute to the mayor and are salivating at getting denser, taller zoning in a lucrative market.  First to fall to the bulldozer will be the numerous Class B apartment buildings west of Rock Creek Park that contain the District's largest number of rent controlled units by ward.[/quote]

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