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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Developers cannot just change approved plans on a whim, sorry champ.[/quote]

As PP pointed out, they need to go back to the approved for permission. I can’t recall an instance in which an approver has denied a request to delay, shrink, or convert to shorter-term housing. It’s happened frequently in the past three years. If your goal is really more housing, I don’t understand why you’re only blaming zoning and NIMBYs. Developers could build more units right now with no more approvals needed. If your goal is just helping developers inflate their profits, then your attempts to deflect blame for skyrocketing housing prices make sense. [/quote]

They are building like crazy all over my area of SW and Navy Yard.  But it seems to be targeted at either upscale (12 million dollar condos at the Wharf) or young professionals but very little seems to be geared toward middle income families.  In the 15 years I've been here it's always the same pattern, lots of young 20 and 30 somethings, maybe some families with young children, but the second their kids get older, most of them bail for the suburbs.  Granted a big part of that is lack of faith in DC schools.  Some of the charters have managed to stem the tide but if families are bailing then there aren't as many invested in making change.[/quote]

Over 40 percent of DC students are enrolled in charters. They've stemmed the tide a lot. With that being said, these developers want to do away with family homes - not build them.[/quote]

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