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I think the long game of the YIMBYs is that plexes will flood the market with rentals and bring the rent down.  I don't think it was ever about homeownership for them.  The leader of the YIMBYs in Arlington has said she will rent for life.  (There's nothing wrong with renting, [b]but it was packaged up as something to help people reach the American dream of home ownership to sell it more broadly[/b]).[/quote]

This is correct, but the bolded part is wrong.[/quote]

The bolder part is not wrong. I was at a meeting in Arlington sponsored by an ecumenical group, and two members of the Arlington County board spoke. Tenants groups from two low income apartment communities participated. One Council member assured the tenants that Missing Middle would provide homeownership opportunities for them.  She even mimicked a shout and call by saying the  will be long and hard but we will get you there.  She repeated it bongo drums.     When builders showed Arlington the numbers they needed to make it work, the backed off and changed the name to Expanded Housing Options. [/quote]

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