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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all people who live in cafs are Hispanic, but a significant portion are. The international diversity at Randolph is indicative of who lives in western pike low income housing, whether mark or caf.[/quote]

This isn’t exactly true. Anyone can live in a MARK (that’s an apartment that is “market rate affordable,” meaning it’s low-rent relative to the area medium income and compares other housing available for rent). But those who live in CAFs must have at least one member of the household, like a child, who is a legal permanent resident or citizen, and if it’s a CAF that is newly built, rents might be as high as 80% AMI, in which case individals and families may only be able to afford those units if they also qulitfy for a section 8 voucher, which is more restrictive and all family members who plan reside in that unit must be legal permanent residents (so either citizens, or asylees, or have other documented legal status). In VA, private landlords may refuse to rent to Section 8 voucher holders, so my understanding is that it is very difficult to find landlords who will accept the vouchers, and many with them apply to live in CAFs, because they can’t be refused. CAFs that are converted from MARKs give first priority to previous residents, so those units tend to be more similar in demographics to MARKs. All this to say, don’t expect the area around Key to suddenly be booming with Spanish-speaking children if Queen’s Court wasn’t largely Hispanic before the renovation. This is my understanding of the situation. Anyone feel free to correct me. [/quote]

The previous Queen's Court apartments only had 39 units, so there won't be many returning residents from there compared to the 249 units in the new building. Also, I believe the final approved parking ratio was .6 spaces per unit.[/quote]

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