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First off, those new all AH buildings are hardly tenements.

I am not sure they are all in one or two neighborhoods.  Many are on Col Pike and Buckingham Gardens, but there is also that apt complex on Glebe near Crystal City, and I think some proposals elsewhere.  Also there are prospects to move up - the neighborhoods they are in are still mixed income, and the kids attend some pretty decent schools - I don't think they are condemned to multigenerational poverty. [/quote]

[i]https://www.arlnow.com/2016/05/13/nauck-apartment-residents-demand-better-living-conditions/[/i]

Er, poor customer service?  C'mon now. A tenement is a place that is physically barely liveable.  Not a poorly managed building.  Or even one with crime.  And, BTW, that is one building - out of several CAH buildings in Arlington.

[i]Maybe it's not Cabrini-Green, but we can and should do better.[/i]

Even Cabrini Green was not a tenement.  Tenements are the horrible places people lived in that projects like Cabrini Green replaced.  Places without hot water, often without indoor plumbing, with limited light and air, subject to frequent fires, disease, etc.

[i]The economic profile of the west end of the Pike (west of Four Mile Run) has decreased significantly in recent years, [/i]

I am not sure about that. Yes, there have been a few low income buildings built, but there has been at least one new market rate building (5500) and I think the [b]market rate older hi rises have at least held their own[/b] - and as far as I can gather, the nearby SFHs have been appreciating.

[i]and there are more proposals for this area that will push it even further into concentrated poverty territory.[/i]

I believe there are also some market rate development proposals.

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You are wrong about this. Yes, nearby SFH's have held their value, but they are[i] nearby[/i] and not within the same Civic Association I'm speaking about. There are no market rate developments proposed within this civic association. 5500 was built before Arlington Mill was completed, before The Shell broke ground, before The Serranno was converted to CAF's.

Also, I think it's fair to point out where residents themselves are not entirely pleased with their living conditions. Especially considering this property just appealed to the county for an interest rate reduction and received it. If we're spending the money to provide safe, stable housing for families to get a foothold in Arlington, which I believe is a worthy goal, let's make sure we're doing the very best we can. But whatever, I guess everything is either FOR or AGAINST.  :roll: [/quote]

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