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Arlington County鈥檚 zoning office is undertaking a study to find new ways to encourage affordable housing growth in the county.
The study aims to update the聽聽鈥� a document which lays out measures to preserve units of affordable housing in several, specially-designated areas across the county.
Zoning staff are currently considering several new 鈥渮oning and financial incentives,鈥� like:
- Allowing developers to add more units to a building, or construct a second building on a property, if the developer reserves some units for affordable housing
- Changing some zoning rules about setbacks or maximum building heights to make it easier to replace older affordable housing buildings
- Adopting tax benefits for properties with affordable housing
The 12 areas in Arlington that include聽Leeway Overlee,聽Glebewood, Waverly Hills,聽Spout Run/Lyon Village,聽North Highlands,聽Westover,聽Lyon Park,聽Penrose,聽Shirlington, and聽Long Branch Creek.
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The original draft of the HCD in 2017聽聽developers from tearing down older homes in favor of new townhouses.
Earlier this year, the county announced a new 鈥溾�� initiative to help the county meets its goal of creating聽15,800 affordable units by 2040.聽At the time, staff noted lower-income residents face a housing squeeze given that the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $3,000, and Arlington lost聽17,000 market-rate housing units since 2005.
The new study is expected to be completed by early 2020.
County staff are also currently undertaking a study about ways to make it聽easier to build new , such as allowing developers to build the facilities in more places around Arlington than currently permitted via zoning.
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