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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tracker update today shows a lot of 6-plexes -- including two that appear to be next door to each other. I project parking challenges![/quote]

There is already construction at or near that location on 7th St S. I wonder if they were originally planning on SFHs and are pausing now. There is plenty of off street parking near that block. [/quote]

Two sixplexes is 12 units, obvioulsy. Twelve units occupied by at least two people is 24 cars.

Twenty four cars avergang 15 feet long is 360 feet. Thats a 1.2 football fields. Good luck finding that much parking.[/quote]

The plexes will be rentals so may have fewer cars, particularly if a non profit buys them and makes them affordable [/quote]

What nonprofit is buying and developing land?  Even the big affordable housing developers have to redevelop land they already own and get financing and loans just to do so. [/quote]

Arlington's Alliance for Housing Solutions is working with Habitat for Humanity to develop Missing Middle housing in Arlington.  They are not developing land, they are developing tear down lots.  It is very expensive to develop vacant lots for residences in Arlington because they generally have no impervious surfaces and need much more expensive storm water management.

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Which tear downs have they purchased for MM housing?[/quote]

None. AHS is working with Habitat.  Do you think things like this happen overnight?   It will take years, but they are trying to make a difference for all the single moms who need housing in Arlington and can't afford it.  Arlington should not just be for people with husbands.  [/quote]

That's what Section 8 vouchers are for. If these "single moms" are truly financially deserving, they should qualify for a voucher. Can't say that I understand the logic of spending $850K for a teardown lot, then at least another $1 million in construction costs, so that maybe 6 "single moms" can get a unit in a brand new six-plex.[/quote]

Try getting a landlord to rent to a single mom with a Section 8 voucher.  [/quote]

This is NOT what missing middle is supposed to fix.  You’re dreaming if you think this housing will be less expensive than what’s already available in Arlington.

Take your misogyny and GO.[/quote]

DP  I think that poster was referring to Habitat for Humanity partnering with a non-profit to build six plexes.  One of the points of the expanded housing options was to build different types of housing, and there are few -- if any -- six plexes in Arlington.   It a non-profit is involved, presumably the units would be either subsidized for rent or for sale.   Agree that the market rate housing being built will not be affordable[/quote]

But what nonprofit can buy a piece of land, develop it, and subsidize the rent?  I have heard of churches partnering to redevelop land that they already own, and APAH redeveloping its own land with financing plus millions of dollars of loans from county.  Is this speculation or something that’s been suggested?  The message I heard over and over again from the County was an acknowledgment that MM isn’t a tool to offer Affordable Housing.  What am I missing?  I would genuinely be curious to know![/quote]

I was at a meeting where the possibility was raised of Habitat for Humanity building plexes in neighborhoods where there are now only single houses.  The County board member did say that the plexes would be two bedrooms and good for families.  Maybe they are thinking of the three plexes that are around Crystal City which have a basement apartment, a main level apartment, and an upstairs apartment. I lived in one when I worked for the Navy, and it was pretty spacious.  It sounded like a non profit would acquire the land, Habitat would build the plex, and the feds or Arlington would subsidize the rents.  [/quote]

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