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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be careful about assuming that "we" don't want D.C. to slide into SF territory of wildly expensive housing.  "We" don't actually all agree that the city needs more affordable rentals. As long as there are some addresses for moderate-income people to live in the Greater, Greater metro area -- and there absolutely are -- then we're good.  Those residences need not be in the District.

-- 25-year D.C. resident here (never Cleveland park though)

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If we don't have enough affordable housing for teachers and first responders IN THE DISTRICT, then we are failing. That should be a priority and a benefit to those employees.[/quote]

This is a red herring.  Most of DC’s government workforce lives in PG, and it’s neen that way for years. And employees with families are not going to choose to live in junior one bedroom flats built in Upper NW.[/quote]

Well that is not the only housing type that is being built but of course lots of people with families, even in DC, do live in multi-unit buildings.

And there are certainly empty nesters who could also move into multi-unit buildings thus making their home available to families who need more space.

Either way do you think it is a good thing that our public employees can't afford to live in DC?  Maybe you prefer it that way?[/quote]

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