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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One major problem with affordable housing that rarely if ever gets discussed is that it dooms the people living there to generations of poverty.

In the rush to make their white liberal guilt feel better, there is a belief that somehow propping people up in housing in an area where their very limited income is going to be spent on goods that are already just slightly priced higher for a lifetime, coupled with no understanding of how to get of their situation, leads to long term, generational poverty. If you doubt this, drive over to Old Town, grab a donut at Sugar Shack and admire the public housing where a majority of residents having been living for 20+ years.

I actually now oppose any form of "affordable housing" because it just hurts families way more than it will ever help.

These families aren't saving - they are spending what limited income they have to just tread water in an already too costly area.  Sometimes, these families don't even understand the value of savings.

These families are likely not going to get into the middle class.  They do not understand how to get there (need to have less kids,  need to save money vs. buying  iphones, cable, etc, need to worry about school work, need to learn conversational English, etc) and they have no way of knowing this.  All their neighbors live like they do. When everyone around you is doing the same thing, you think it's normal.

I think both Alexandria and Arlington governments should get out of the housing game all together.

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thanks for the sweeping generalizations, based entirely on anecdotal data.    I can come up with numerous other anecdotes of kids who grew up in affordable housing and are now doing quite well for themselves.

I have three close friends who live in affordable housing.  Honestly, your raging stereotype doesn't apply to any of the three of them.[/quote]

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