County Identifies Land For Affordable Housing
Officials have identified 18 areas of county owned land suitable for building affordable housing for middle class workers that have been shut out of the expensive housing market. Read the story here.
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June 2, 2006; 9:50 AM ET
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Posted by: uncomfortable truth | June 4, 2006 11:41 PM
Uncomfortable - Because of the very high land costs, especially around places such as Tysons Corner, most builders say they cannot afford to build lower-cost housing in those areas. That means, they must build large houses or condos. Moreover, they say that, as a building's size increases beyond three or so stories, construction costs become much higher. That means expensive condos. So, unless we are going to push for the unregulated building of shanties from scrap materials, we are not likely to see much affordable housing built anywhere near Tysons Corner.
Also, housing activists have informed me that the BoS' super-sizing of Tysons Corner would likely see a loss of some of the more affordable housing, both owned and rented, that is located around Tysons Corner. If the BoS' plans for Tysons are approved, the affordable housing problem will not be solved and may well become worse.
Posted by: Igor | June 5, 2006 7:01 AM
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So much of Fairfax County is severely restricted by zoning to prevent the construction of more affordable housing.
Why not rezone some of the elite large lot millionaire zones next to Tysons Corner to allow more housing?
That would be too free market and would not require public land or taxpayer subsidies.
Oh well.