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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quick Question--drove by the Omni in Woodley Park. What on earth is being built in that huge chasm by Oyster School (while we are speaking of development)?  Seems like a lot of 're-development' on CT cooridor, geeze![/quote]

Omni is on Calvert. You are referring to the former Wardman Marriot site:

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/900-apartments-proposed-for-former-wardman-marriott-site/19189[/quote]

You can see it as you approach the Omni from Calvert. the chasm is massive. How is it that the sentiment persists that there is no housing/development in Ward 3? All is see is housing/development[/quote]

It could be developed with more density there. Their iare potential housing units left on the table.[/quote]

Zoning wouldn't allow for more density and the city didn't buy it, so it will have a minima amount of affordable housing units. I think the developers lost an opportunity to extend the Woodley Park commercial area up into the property. Oh well.[/quote]

DC requires only 8 to 10 percent affordable units even in large developments and then is surprised that progress is so incremental.  Other cities require more, even much more. But the DC government is so captive to development interests that it is unlikely that it will raise its baseline mandate.  So they just seek more and more market rate apartments and condos in the hope that a few more crumbs of affordable housing will trickle down.[/quote]

Having seen the voucher mess, I am just fine with less affordable housing. 8 to 10 percent sounds fine. What's funny is that they are building so little for middle income families--just tiny luxury condos. It's like this city doesn't want middle income families or something.[/quote]

Why do you equate vouchers with affordable housing? They are two different things.

Also, not everyone on vouchers causes problems. Just like there are people not on vouchers who do cause problems.[/quote]

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