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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe there is federal money at stake. Block grants- anyone have more info on that? There is also new HUD rules regarding integrated housing.

There are long standing advocate groups ( mainly VOICE) Already mobilized along this part of the county. It makes it easier to grease the wheels and they don't face the opposition that they do on the north side. 
I don't think it's as shady as kickbacks and the like. It has more to do with the people helping to set the policy make their living in this arena- consulting or working directly for the big AH developers. It's hard to argue against them, because they will always claim the moral high ground. The same couple of guys on the 22204 listserve will basically call you racist if you raise any questions about these polices. 
To be fair- I do believe they believe their own bullshit. 
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I get why it matters to politicians, but why would it matter to the developers where the buildings are, if their money is free?[/quote]

A couple of reasons...

When they try to put 100% affordable housing in the most affluent areas there have been multiple expensive lawsuits to try and ( unsuccessfully) stop it. 
That's a deterrent from doing it there again.
It's politically expedient for the board to focus south because there is such an organized effort behind placing it there. The board does what  it damn well pleases,  but they don't really want a fight. That's why the street car got canned. 
They were genuienly shocked that CARD was formed and spoke up about some very foreseeable problems with the AH master plan in its first incarnation. 
The county sets up hundreds of meetings  for this stuff, and no one with a family life has time to attend them all. It's a group of vocal activists, backing up what the board wants to hear. 
The land in that part of the county is the least  expensive ( this is relative ). Part of how the board is selling this  to taxpayers is that we don't actually pay for any of this housing. The developer takes a loan from the county with no or minuscule interest and pays us back. If the board puts this housing elsewhere they not be able to offer the same amount of money for development or get the same amount of high density.
And that's been the goal for the board..,
Density density density!

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