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Arlington County, Virginia, recently unveiled three major housing initiatives that will have a significant impact on how affordable housing is addressed in redevelopment projects for the foreseeable future.
Five-Year Review of the Affordable Housing Master Plan (AHMP). Arlington County’s review of the AHMP is expected to recommend tools to increase the number of on-site affordable dwelling units constructed in the county.
Affordable Housing Building Height Zoning Ordinance Amendment. Arlington County is considering a zoning ordinance amendment to permit the County Board to approve buildings up to 60 feet taller than what is permitted under current zoning for projects providing 100 percent low- and moderate-income housing (up to 60 percent of area median income). The proposed zoning ordinance amendment is in addition to the bonus density currently available for those projects. The County Board could approve this amendm
Amazon.com Inc. launched a new Housing Equity Fund earlier this month that will provide $2 billion to create and preserve affordable housing in Arlington, as well as Nashville, Tenn. and Washington State’s Puget Sound region - all places where the company is headquartered.
Another $125 million in cash grants will be given to minority-owned nonprofits, businesses and organizations to help find a “more inclusive solution” to the housing crisis impacting these areas.
Arlington, much like the rest of the Washington region, is in the throes of a housing crisis. But how much impact will the fund have in addressing it?
The Villa Maria affordable housing building in Miami Beach
Nonprofits and city planners are working to create more affordable housing, but they’re up against legislation that rewards rampant development.
This story and the accompanying audio segments were produced through a collaboration involving journalists from Southerly, Climate Central and WLRN.
A little over four feet of elevation is all that’s standing between some waterfront neighborhoods winding through Miami Beach and the unrelenting force of the Atlantic Ocean. At Eighth and Washington, where Gregario Lopez, 81, lives in a Section 8 apartment, it’s even less. Lopez has been without regular income since 2010, when a bad fall left him injured and unable to work.
The Villa Maria affordable housing building in Miami Beach | Jenny Staleovich / WLRN News
This story and the accompanying audio segments were produced through a collaboration involving journalists from Southerly, Climate Central and WLRN.
A little over four feet of elevation is all that’s standing between some waterfront neighborhoods winding through Miami Beach and the unrelenting force of the Atlantic Ocean. At Eighth and Washington, where Gregario Lopez, 81, lives in a Section 8 apartment, it’s even less. Lopez has been without regular income since 2010, when a bad fall left him injured and unable to work.
“I can’t afford big rent because my check is not so much,” Lopez said. He’s lived in the same apartment for a decade and has no plans to move. “I cannot pay $600 or $500 or $400, because $400 is almost half what I get.”