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Regional Housing Supply and Affordability

Planning Actions Taken by Local Jurisdictions to Address Housing Supply and Housing Affordability in the Washington DC Region

Across the region, local jurisdictions are responding to the critical need for more affordable housing, the need for increased housing supply, and strategies to address housing affordability overall through long-range planning and strategic short-to-mid-term actions. Arlington is not alone in looking to take proactive steps to address housing shortages and housing affordability challenges through creative land use and zoning changes.  The following provides a quick look at some recent policy and zoning measures that have been enacted in the Metropolitan DC Area to address our common problems.
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Jim Schulman Nov 5 2021 at 4:45PM on page 1

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The last link I tried to insert that also failed to load properly is:
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Jim Schulman Nov 5 2021 at 4:43PM on page 1

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Two links that fell out of my submission above relating to appraisal methodology are: link

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Jim Schulman Nov 5 2021 at 4:39PM on page 1

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It is disappointing, distressing, and revealing that of all the affordable housing plans and strategies shared on this page, NONE of them mention efforts to:
• develop HOUSING LAND TRUSTS (for example the Douglass Community Land Trust related to the 11st Street Bridge Park in DC, which has already supplied homes for some 178 first-time homebuyers. See link )
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• explore ways to change the rules on APPRAISALS and ASSESSMENTS so that they contribute less to the unnecessary unaffordability of land values. See:
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Staff in these jurisdictions ought to also research "land value recapture."

It is also disappointing that of all the jurisdictions shown, only Montgomery County mentions (in passing) support for COOPERATIVE HOUSING or CO-OP’s which have been so successful historically at preserving affordability for participating members in places like DC and New York.

Finally, there is no evidence offered here of any actual regional coordination on housing policy. The DC Metro region can and must do better. Effective housing policy must begin by addressing the needs of residents, not stoke the "growth machine" that so dominates local politics.
--Submitted by Jim Schulman, AIA, on behalf of Arlingtonians for Our Sustainable Future (ASF) asf-virginia.org
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