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[quote=Anonymous]The problem that faces Bowser is that for every unit of housing she builds in Ward 3, she could have built 3-4 units elsewhere in the city.

Ward 3 land is extremely expensive. There are no large, open plots of land just waiting to be developed by the city. This isn't NoMa circa 2007 with acres and acres of parking lots next to Union Station just waiting for housing and amenities to spring up.

Further, low income people in Ward 3 will still be car reliant. The public transportation is OK at rush hour, but pretty much non existent outside of those core hours. Low income people often have shift work which requires travel outside rush hour.

Further, Bowser still has not addressed the school overcrowding issues that are coming due to a demographic baby boom. She will need even more seats to accomodate the new low-income families.

The point I'm trying to make is that Bowser is doing this solely for political optics. She doesn't have a real concrete plan to make this successful for low income residents. And, even worse, these folks may end up geographically further from their places of work, child care, and support networks. I see no plan for resolving these myriad issues. I don't even understand where she will get the land to develop new housing.

She'd be better served by re-zoning vast swaths of the city to get rid of restrictions on SFH blocks. [/quote]

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