On November 17, the Alliance for Housing Solutions will honor Arlington Community Foundation’s Shared Prosperity Initiative with the Ellen M. Bozman Affordable Housing Award.

Author and fourth-generation Arlingtonian Wilma Jones has chronicled the stories of the historically African American community where she grew up in a book titled “My Halls Hill Family: More than a Neighborhood.”

Andrea Brennan, housing policy and development director for the Minneapolis, spoke at the Alliance For Housing Solutions’ annual Leckey Forum about how her city recently upended many of its housing regulations to make way for affordability and, most importantly, equity.

Andrea Brennan, housing policy and development director for the Minneapolis, spoke June 5 at the Alliance For Housing Solutions’ annual Leckey Forum about how her city recently upended many of its housing regulations to make way for affordability and, most importantly, equity.

The Alliance for Housing Solutions’ June 5 Leckey Forum will focus on housing affordability and equity, specifically what can be learned from the new “Minneapolis 2040” plan, which takes steps toward addressing historic patterns of segregation and lack of affordability.

Housing Arlington recognizes that housing affordability is an issue across the spectrum of household income levels, including both low-income and middle-income households.

Arlington County’s FY 2020 budget includes $16 million for the Affordable Housing Investment Fund and a fully-funded Housing Grants budget of $9.3 million.

AHS and 16 community partners submitted comments on the County’s 2020 budget and highlighted additional recommendations for action.

In Arlington, 535 households face eviction each year, largely due to the high cost of rent.

The confluence of housing demand and the focus and energy created by the arrival of Amazon and all of the associated businesses that will follow offers unprecedented opportunity for bold action on housing affordability.