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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm assuming the OP was a false flag from a YIMBY[/quote]

Yes, the YIMBYs are having a big pro Missing Middle or Expanded Hosing Options rally for Affordable Housing or Attainable Housing in Arlington on Saturday.   Many of the people who support MM or EHO in Arlington are younger renters who think Arlington should make it possible for them to have a $1.3 M townhouse in a neighborhood zoned for predominantly white schools rather than a $1.3 M townhouses in a neighborhood where the schools are more diverse.   [/quote]

Sounds like you haven’t talked to any missing middle supporters. Or, you know, read the basic documentation. Then you know that what’s actually getting supporters excited is the prospect of $500 k to $600 k homes in multiplexes where everything else nearby is $1 M or more. Housing in our whitest neighborhoods is also, not coincidently, incredibly expensive. Supporters envision fourplexes and sixplexes smack in the middle of Lyon Village, with missing middle homes costing a fraction of the neighboring houses. Imagine making 120% of the area median income but affording a home that lets you send your kids to Jamestown! Really opens up possibilities. [/quote]

But wait, it gets even better.  Once those slumlord multiplexes start to go up (because that’s what will be developed), those homes won’t be worth $1M for long![/quote]

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