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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It just seems like rich white people won’t be content until they have claimed every inch of land in Arlington.[/quote]

No, I don't think that's it. But maintaining current levels sounds pretty fair to me. Trying to return to the levels of an arbitrary year (almost 20 years ago) by building more and more CAFs all in the same small radius is terrible policy. Arlington, as a whole, was much more affordable in 2000. That doesn't mean that 22204 and Buckingham should have 10,000 additional units of AH to make up for everything demolished along the Orange Line and the rising market prices across the entire DC region. There is a limit to what we can afford to do, both in terms of construction, land, and the wraparound services necessary for families living in that housing to be successful. I think we're pretty close to the limit and can't even fathom how 10,000 more units could be funded without serious cuts to current services. And I do not support any cuts to APS while we add additional units of family housing bringing even more kids who need APS to remain a solid school system to support their hopes and dreams. We can't control by-right development. We CAN control development that the county funds and which we know brings children into the system. Until we can get a handle on capacity, I think we need to back off on building any more CAFs in the neighborhoods with seat shortages and where the schools are highly segregated.

Now, if someone were to propose a CAF in the Tuckahoe walk zone, I'd be all for it. Build the next project there rather than at the Red Cross site. [/quote]

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