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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][quote=Anonymous]“Massive”

I’m just here to see whether the Justin’s traffic jam folks are going to freak out even when the plan is this mild…[/quote]

Wow. "Massive" apparently means "a few tweaks here and there." Who knew![/quote]

No one following the issue apparently (on both sides!). [b]Both the city and council made it sound like a significant revamp was needed to resolve the housing crisis[/b]. Are you making fun of constituents for responding to what they were told?

Also, as with the bonus height density proposal, the devil may still be in the details.  Developers are very good about finding loopholes and pushing the limits of what is allowable (see: every McMansion in ALX that uses FAR exclusions to build massive homes). [/quote]

A significant revamp [u]is[/u] needed, to address the housing crisis. This is not a significant revamp.[/quote]

Turns out paving paradise and putting up massive housing blocks is not a step the planning commission was willing to take. Also turns out no developer is going to construct a costly high rise when 1/3 units need to be affordable and the land does not lend itself to underground parking.  Even if a developer buys my detached SFH to build a duplex, those units would need to over $1.5 million each for any profit.  Economics are a b&$c!  Land is finite around here and expensive because it is. [/quote]

This is Alexandria. Paradise has already been paved.

I have to laugh at people who argue, on the one hand, that a policy proposal to allow X would be a disaster because X would be a disaster, and on the other hand, that the policy proposal to allow X would not actually result in X.

[b]If you own a single-unit house, guess what? Your property value will increase if you're allowed to build a duplex on your property.[/b][/quote]

And that won't do anything to make housing more affordable. So what's the point? The ancillary detriments - overcrowded schools and infrastructure - may not be worth it. [/quote]

[b]You're right, one one-unit building vs. one two-unit building will have no effect on the overall housing market![/b][/quote]

Nobody claimed that. Simple math would suggest doubling the stock will have an impact on the housing market. What I claimed is your hypothetical increase in property values will not do anything to make housing more affordable. [/quote]

Entirely independent from the effects of supply and demand in the housing market, which is more affordable on a given piece of property - one $1 million unit, or two $800,000 units?[/quote]

The goal isn't to build $800K duplexes, the goal is to make housing more equitable, accessible and affordable for those who can't afford to drop $800K on a duplex. Do you think my cleaning ladies are going to be lining up to buy an $800K duplex? Nope. It'll go to some white family and beat goes on...[/quote]

You misunderstood the goal. The city cannot allocate affordable housing in this manner. The goal was to build $800k duplexes. [/quote]

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