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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The seller wants to keep his neighborhood a wealthy enclave and free of the undesirable middle class.  I appreciate the transparency.[/quote]
It’s not middle class. It’s other wealthy people buying this stuff. They just needed the MC renters to do the developers dirty work. I don’t think a single MM project that was available for purchase is less than $1.2M[/quote]

Right. I live in Green Valley in Arlington, so maybe the least desirable Arlington neighborhood? lol. These three townhome took the spot of one SFH. And they sold for 1 million.

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/2136-S-Nelson-St-22204/home/172271124[/quote]

I believe Green Valley has been excluded from Missing Middle, but that does not mean private developers cannot buy lots and have them rezoned to townhouse zoning.   [/quote]

No neighborhoods were excluded from EHO, which is my problem with it. [/quote]

I had also heard that Green Valley and Penrose were excluded from EHO and one of the civic leaders in Halls Hill is trying to exclude that community.  I believe there were about 150 properties excluded from EHO in these areas:  Columbia Pike Special Revitalization District, the Cherrydale Revitalization Plan, and near the East Falls Church Metro.

I also have information from Arlington County saying that Missing Middle would improve homeownership opportunities for buyers but the implications was it was for "middle class" households who could not afford a $1.3M townhouse which Missing Middle will provide. That's why the name was changed from Missing Middle to Expanded Housing Opportunities.[/quote]

No neighborhoods were excluded unless they are covered by another GLUP. It’s crap because exactly as predicted, a neighborhood near mine is getting TWO six plexes in the middle of a SFH street. This is a neighborhood that already has multifamily housing, including multiple CAF buildings, and is zoned to Title 1 schools. This should never have been allowed. Why should this neighborhood, that’s already diverse in every sense of the word, be subject to a blanket policy that is meant to expand housing options in areas that don’t have options? Also, it’s not near public transit, and it’s probably the narrowest street in the neighborhood. It shouldn’t have 12 additional housing units, and certainly not before 10,000 sq ft lots near the FC Metro get them.

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So a neighborhood that already has multifamily housing is getting more multifamily housing? I thought the NIMBYs were mad because MFH was going to ruin SFH neighborhoods (although honestly, I can't think of any SFH neighborhoods except for some in way north Arlington, which is unlikely to become a magnet for MFH anyway)[/quote]

Yes. I think almost all applications have only been in neighborhoods that already have a lot of multifamily. Some of that makes sense, like near Clarendon/Metro.

The example I am talking about is just a way that a developer is making more money with 2 nonconforming lots that they couldn’t figure out how  to build giant SFHs on for max profit. And it shouldn’t have been approved because it really is a big middle finger to the SFHs on that street. [b]And especially when all someone in those leafy NA neighborhoods with $$$ just has to hint that they might sue and the builders stop even talking about a duplex.[/b] But sure, just add 12 more units here in SA because the family across the street is Hispanic and works blue collar jobs. [/quote]

You're posting this in a thread that started by discussing a listing in NA. (A listing that would be an excellent candidate for a duplex)[/quote]

It would be an excellent candidate for a duplex on SA not in an expensive NA neighborhood. [/quote]

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