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[quote=Anonymous]Look, this is about money. Density is simply a mechanism, a tool.

Remember this started years ago with ADU's (accessory Dwelling Units). They are a 'matter of right' addition now. Any home owner can build one. The smart density crowd cheered. Then applications rolled in and then they stalled.

They were built for a year or so and then through a combination of bad policy and expense, they have really trickled to a few permits being issued a year.

The irony is that while you have the right to build an ADU, in DC that does not give you the right to rent that ADU. There is an entirely separate, expensive, timely process to get your brand new ADU which just had to be built to code, now certified that it meets code and a subsequent business license issued.

Notice that all of these steps require money being transferred to the city government. There is not a program, that I know of, where the city is offering to cover ADU construction and permitting costs for a right to collect rent or use as voucher housing.

While this would not be a solution, the fact that it has not been explored illustrates that the issue is not 'affordable' housing as the density crowd loves to throw around, it is efficient money transfer from those they perceive as having it to the gate holders of these new real estate bids.[/quote]

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