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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the only answer to affordable housing in Arlington massive apt buildings? Do they not sprinkle affordable housing apartments in market rate buildings OR give out rental vouchers? (like section 8)[/quote]

To answer your questions:

Yes, so they say.
No, not in meaningful numbers. It's easier/more efficient to just build a giant building or two.
Yes. Some of the only "landlords" in Arlington who will take section 8 vouchers are the CAFs.

It's complicated. But we could be doing a better job. Quality over quantity. We can't save the world in one zip code. [/quote]

Yeah, I agree with quality over quantity. But it also  seems that there are decades worth of research showing why giant affordable housing buildings are bad for everyone. I mean Caprini Green anyone? Although I guess that is public housing, which is different. Still...[/quote]

Public housing is not different than a CAF. It's just more palatable to call it "affordable housing" than "public housing." And it's across the street from two other AH complexes. And there's nowhere to zone the kids in that building that isn't already higher than avg. fr/l. Ridiculous. I believe we need Affordable Housing, but it needs to be spread out, and I think the current amount is close to the maximum our community can handle. Honestly, it's very expensive. This is a high-needs population who require a lot of additional support outside of just housing. I don't think it's reasonable to expect that our school system can handle much more than the 30% fr/l that it is now. How many kids can the system support well? Probably not as many as they intend to build for. Look at that teacher over on AEM. She's telling the truth. It's very difficult for one teacher to appropriately support a classroom where more than half the students need additional supports and face impediments to education beyond the school's control. And there is no additional money for the things that could ameliorate her concerns, in fact, there are big cuts ahead of us. And that's not even getting into what concentrating low income housing does to a neighborhood. Businesses don't locate in communities that can't support them. Columbia Pike doesn't need another Vape or check-cashing store. [/quote]

I can agree with all of this. Interesting I hadn't really heard much about Columbia Hills, but I guess that is new affordable housing going into Abingdon. [/quote]

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