Just sayin’
Notes from AHS Executive Director Mary Rouleau as well as updates on area affordable housing issues and progress.
How you gonna keep them . . .
November 20, 2011
As part of a recent presentation to an audience of younger Arlingtonians, I did a short informal survey about their personal housing concerns. Not surprisingly, most indicated that they would not be able to buy in Arlington during the next five years, and most also agreed or were not sure that high housing prices would require them to buy outside of Arlington. ...read more
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The future look of “The Pike” is taking shape
October 19, 2011
. . . as the Columbia Pike Land Use and Housing Study Working Group readies its policy recommendations for the County Board . . . and the County Board approves loans from AHIF to help AHC buy and renovate Columbia Pike’s Magnolia Commons ...read more
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Reach for it: Ambition is good!
October 5, 2011
Help reduce homelessness in Arlington by 50 percent by July 2013 . . . just by getting up early one day in October. I’ll “buy” the coffee! ...read more
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Public land for public good
September 21, 2011
One huge barrier to increasing Arlington’s affordable housing stock is the lack of affordable land on which to build it. But pursuing a policy of “public land for public good” could reduce that barrier. ...read more
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