I live in an older well-maintained apartment building in Westover. Watched the Limo Liberals approve so-called "Housing Conservation Districts" at the Arlington County Board meeting yesterday. What a charade.
It's obvious the primary purpose of Housing Conservation Districts is to remove "undesirables" the Limo Liberals can't stand from Arlington. Like one of my neighbors who's a part time graduate student and drives for Uber and his female roommate who's a college student who also works part time in one of the stores in Westover Village. They're barely scraping by.
On the other hand I have a good income and have been living here for a number of years. I would also be removed, primarily because the Limo Liberals aka "Progressives" want to make a lot of money expensively renovating the building where I'm living so they can obtain huge subsidies and tax breaks renting to people who earn between $55,000 and $85,000 per year. They also want to help their friends who own real estate trusts by forcing me to move to a newer and much more expensive apartment like those being constructed all over the County.
Then there's the County bureaucracy which thrives on neglect and decay and needs a steady stream of old buildings in the planning pipeline to bulldoze into new 5 story brick boxes. They can't stand a property owner renovating an older building. Any older building.
Fortunately, I have housing options that don't require me to continue to live in Arlington and be part of the ongoing charade. I hope my young neighbors won't be evicted before they graduate.
T.L., Westover
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You forgot that another of their priorities is for the gentrified-out workforce to commute to their $12 / hour jobs in Arlington via Express Lanes at $10 each way.
Jay Fi$ette is laughing his a$$ off. He's been wanting to complete "lower class cleansing" for years. Now it's finally going to happen.
"Missing Middle" is another charade. There is no "Missing Middle". It's the one group between income level $0 and $80,000 / year the County has been building "affordable housing" for, people who are employed and earn between $20 and $40 per hour.
Chris Zimmerman didn't stick around long enough to see it happen, but he worked as hard as Gourmet Jay to make it happen.
Elitist Erik is out to get rich like his predecessors Queen Ellen and Gentrification Jay by converting McMansions into upscale cribs for Millennials.
Jay's also been big on "Ethnic Cleansing".
Right. And, like his predecessors Queen Ellen and Gourmet Jay, Erik Gutshall will get rich on the County Board, building accessory dwelling units for people too downscale and too upscale to qualify to live in Housing Conservation Districts.
Erik Gutshall will make a fortune on the County Board just from the fat cats who need something approved by the County Board having Erik's company do their McMansion upgrades. That's why he expanded into Fairfax County and D.C.
Latest charade is "tree canopy preservation".
Jay Fisette's latest and last charade - new on-leash dog park in Aurora Highlands which will cost $1.3 million.
Erik doesn't have to get involved with Housing Conservation Districts to get rich. He only has to take phone calls from the upscale lawyers, architects, planning consultants, and various people in real estate around the Beltway who need their residential properties improved.
How about - never mind all the hassles with inspection services and zoning, Erik will drop off your McMansion plans on the 7th floor at 2100 after a chat with the top dog Dems who can get the plans fast-tracked.
He's doing that already.
What about APAH and the other housing non-profits. Waste millions on things that have nothing to do with housing.
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