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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people we want to help, such as teachers, couldn't qualify for Affordable Housing.[/quote]

So many issues here.

1) Arlington's liberal attitudes here are completely undermining the school system. The county has approved and built Affordable Housing without investing in infrastructure, specifically schools. That AH funding is now creating even more pressure on the schools and also depriving the school system of funds it desperately needs to get its overcapacity problems under control. This makes me crazy! [b]Why would we keep doing this?[/b]

2) School teachers and first responders--the kinds of folks who absolutely cannot afford to stay in Arlington County--make "too much" money to quality for AH.

3) The main builder of Affordable Housing in Arlington is running a racket. AHC's 990 (tax return for nonprofits) reports in 2015 their president, Walter Webdale as making $370,363 and their SVP, Stephen Smith, as making $324,818 in annual salaries. BTW: Webdales lives in Reston, Virginia, so why should he care that he's soaking Arlington County taxpayers and destroying their school system to boot? Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing is living more "modestly." Their president is making (in 2015) $193,500. Nina Janopaul does live in Arlington County, so at least she's paying taxes to the district that pays her salary and pays tens of millions to the cause of affordable housing.

Let's get the county back on track: focus on infrastructure, solve overcapacity, give all kids a great public education, which means investing heavily in schools and reducing spending on other "niceties" in the county.

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Excellent points. As for your third point, NPR had a good report the other day about how affordable housing developers have made a lot of money, but there still aren't enough units available for people to live in. http://www.npr.org/2017/05/09/527046451/affordable-housing-program-costs-more-shelters-less[/quote]

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