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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Missing middle" is quite the branding, I must say.

So these cops, teachers, etc who can't afford a 1.5 million dollar single family home, are going to be able to afford 750k quadplexes?

Just call it what it is.   We want to upzone for density.  We think that is good.

But the idea that the middle class is somehow going to be able to afford to live where they work because of this is just not backed up by the numbers. [/quote]

YIMBYs use poor people and the middle class as props in their stories so they can vilify anyone who they view as an opponent. Developers don’t build for the middle class, let alone poor people. Upzone all you want but let’s also make developers use that density so housing becomes more affordable. You never hear this last part from YIMBYs because it’s an astroturf movement supported by developers who profit from shortage and want to get rid of all regulation so they can make even more money. [/quote]

I was so disappointed when I went to a VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement) and saw how the YIMBYs and two members of the Arlington County Board used both lower income people and POC to imply that Missing Middle Housing would create "affordable" housing rather than housing for higher income people.  One woman who organized a tenant's group was in tears explaining how she lived in a run down one bedroom apartment with her children and the ACB member "promised' that Missing Middle Housing would make her life better.  I was there with my church group, and we left disgusted with the process.

While I support Missing Middle Housing, I think Arlington County has made a mess of it and used people to make it more appealing to the liberals of Arlington.  A law firm partner would probably be happy to know that his kid's nanny might have a chance for a nicer home in Arlington rather than his law firm associate who can buy one of the townhouses at $1.3 M.  [/quote]

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