David Gerk News Today

Arlington's missing middle housing reform raises the question of whether YIMBY politics can practically fix the problems it sets out to address.

Last night, the Arlington County Board took a landmark step to allow the by-right development of 2-6 unit buildings throughout the county.

A politically mixed crowd of about 150 people rallied for countywide expansion of housing options at Arlington’s Courthouse Plaza Feb. 5, assembling civil rights activists, educators, clergy, neighborhood leaders and anti-poverty volunteers. Bundled up against a snow flurry, the crowd waved plac ...

A politically mixed crowd of about 150 people rallied for countywide expansion of housing options at Arlington’s Courthouse Plaza Feb. 5, assembling civil rights activists, educators, clergy, neighborhood leaders and anti-poverty volunteers. Bundled up against a snow flurry, the crowd waved plac ...

A name change appears to be underway for a controversial housing plan in Arlington.

The tacked-up signs in the Courthouse neighborhood near the Innovation School displayed slogans: “No School Overcrowding,” “Don’t Displace Our Seniors,” “More Trees, Less Flooding.”  The Jan. 8 “Realty Check” rally, organized by Arlingtonians for Our Sustainable Future and Arlingtonians for ...

Today, at the Reality Check Rally at Innovation Elementary School, 450 people gathered to demand that the Arlington County Board stop the rush to enact a flawed Missing Middle Housing Plan (MMHP) that experts and many residents agree is not ready for prime time. (View the livestreamed Rally on Twitter @ _AFUT.) Co-sponsored by Arlingtonians for Upzoning Transparency (AFUT)