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[i]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.[/i]

I did not know that you were speaking about Civic Association boundaries, and I am not sure they are relevant.

[i] There are no market rate developments proposed within this civic association. [/i]

So the Food Star is not within the CA?  Ok. But isn't it close to all the CAH?

[i]5500 was built before Arlington Mill was completed, before The Shell broke ground,[/i]

You did not specify the period when the SES has declined.  So the SES increased, and then it declined? In an area as small as a CA, since development is lumpy, it is likely you will get fluctuations like that.

[i] before The Serranno was converted to CAF's. [/i]

Was it not market rate AH before that?

[i]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:[/i]

If you are suggesting that management at the Nauck building should be improved, I heartily agree.  Is anyone disagreeing?  The issue is you are using the management issues there to claim that all the committed AH buildings in Arlington are "tenements" with the implication that they are making the western Pike a slum, which I think is thoroughly inaccurate.  [/quote]

I am not the poster who used the terms "tenement" or "slums" and I'm not claiming they are all run poorly. I think it's appropriate to point out areas of improvement and places where we're falling short.

I wish you'd stop conflating honest and well-deserved criticisms with the anti-AH-in-principle screed. We are not the same posters, and we're not the same people in real life. But if your attitude of "must cheer-lead, cannot recognize problems, get out of this tent" to every person in Arlington, even people who voted for all the things in the past, and all the "D" candidates, then you're creating the backlash you so rightly deserve.  Arlington is small, and everything is hyper-local. The CA I was talking about has some real concerns and they are not, and will not see development that other areas, even areas 1/4 mile away will see because businesses don't want to locate in a place that is economically "frozen." They choose the neighborhood that has the potential to support said business. I know it's going to be a lot easier for AH to be built on land that AH developers already own. But I am of the opinion that we need to work harder towards geographic distribution, even if that means it's more difficult and we can't build as much as possible RIGHT NOW. I believe it's better to build it in a way that doesn't concentrate poverty in neighborhoods and schools, even if those were the neighborhoods and schools where the less privileged were already living. We should not be perpetuating and reinforcing historic patterns of segregation, both economic and racial/ethnic segregation.

And also, stop obfuscating. NO TEACHERS, POLICEMEN, FIREFIGHTERS actually live in Committed Affordable Housing. The county's own study reveals this claim is false, but you always trot it out. It's just NOT TRUE. STOP LYING SO WE CAN HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

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I live in 22207 and our neighbor an arlington police officer just sold his house for more than a million. Also our dc's preschool teacher lives in a arlington sfh. How is this possible? Well they have double incomes just like the rest of us. Not all these occupations need assistance.[/quote]

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