The 2015 Ellen M. Bozman Affordable Housing Award was shared by recipients who have helped build Foundations for affordable housing in Arlington, through policy and leadership or through financial support.
Mixed-Income Housing: Like It, but It's Complicated
This special event, presented by AHS in cooperation with Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization (CPRO), took place during Affordable Housing Month, September 2015, at the Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse. (Link to the flyer).
Michelle Winters (Winters Community Strategies) moderated a panel that included Paul Browne, Wesley Housing Development Corporation and John Welsh, AHC, Inc. (each of whom presented a case study on a mixed-income development) and Edmund Delany, Capital One Bank, and Steve Cover, Arlington County, who provided banking and local policy perspectives. (Read program with bios.)
Review the presentations:
- Michelle Winters---introduction and context for the discussion
- Paul Browne on Wesley's Pierce Queen (now known as Union on Queen) development, an example of a mix of income levels on a single site
- John Welsh on AHC's Woodbury Park/The Frederick, an example of a mixed-income neighborhood
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Leckey Forum 2015: Nuts & Bolts of Affordable Housing
AHS developed its 2015 Leckey Affordable Housing Forum as a "teach in" on current affordable housing issues in Arlington. [See all previous Leckey Forum topics.]
Link to the program with speaker bios. Link to presenter slides from the blue titles below.
Financing the Deal: Tax Credits and the AHIF
The Basics of Low Income Housing Tax Credits---Michael Scheurer, Vice President, Cornerstone Housing Development Corp.
Affordable Housing Investment Fund (AHIF)---Yoomie Ahn, Housing Development Supervisor, Arlington County
General Land Use Plan and Zoning Issues
Achieving Affordable Housing: Role of the General Land Use Plan and Zoning---Susan Ingraham Bell, Planning and Zoning Consultant
Market Rate Development and Affordable Housing in Arlington County---Kedrick Whitmore, Venable LLP
The Public--Private Partnership
The Public--Private Partnership---Nina Janopaul, President/CEO, APAH and David Cristeal, Housing Director, Arlington County
Housing in Community
Home Buying in Arlington---Reverend Jon Smoot, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia and Karen Serfis, Executive Director, Arlington Home Ownership Made Easier (AHOME)
Community Facilities Study (CFS) Update and Housing Implications---Ginger Brown, Vice Chair, CFS Working Group
Educational Support Programs in Affordable Housing: Building Successful Families and Neighborhoods through Resident Services---Kathie Panfil, Board Member, APAH and Edu-Futuro and Jennifer Endo, Resident Services Director, AHC Inc.
Understanding the Affordable Housing Master Plan
Case studies: Costs and benefits of affordable housing in Arlington
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Case studies (2-pagers) prepared by AHC, APAH, and CDC detail the process and financing tools that enabled several of their property development initiatives, as well as the community benefits that stem from these efforts. Link to case studies on:
- Arbor Heights (AHC)
- Arlington Mill Residences (APAH)
- Buchanan Gardens Apartments (APAH)
- The Jordan (AHC)
- The Larkspur (CPDC)
- The Springs Apartments (APAH)
County board candidates address affordable housing
Great Spaces: The Positive Aspects of Density
Long-time supporters of housing affordability tend to see what is usually called density through the lens of the affordable units that density can provide. Affordable units are important of course, but they are one among the many positive benefits of what are are increasingly called "Great Spaces." As a land use term, density usually refers to the number of units per a given piece of land, usually an acre. But in Arlington and the region, a smart growth orientation reaches beyond housing units to include transit access, walkable retail, green space, and other benefits.
Supporters of housing affordability need to be able to describe these positive aspects to a variety of audiences.
Great Spaces panelists
Link from the highlighted term to the powerpoint presentation.
Susan Ingraham Bell, Urban Land Institute: Great Spaces are in increased demand by a variety of demographic sectors.
Sophie Mintier, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: Great Spaces provide economic benefits.
Stewart Schwartz, Coalition for Smart Growth: Great Spaces are also “green” spaces.
Kris Krider, Center for Urban Design and Research, Arlington County: Great Spaces can also be created in single-family home neighborhoods, as well as along the Rosslyn--Ballston and Columbia Pike corridors.
Thank you to our generous event sponsors---
Micro Units: The Future or Faux Fad?
A panel discussion on Micro Units: The Future or Faux Fad? topped the bill at our 2013 State of Affordable Housing event. Micro units, a housing option taking hold in urban areas across the country, are accommodating the needs and fitting the budgets of millennials, downsizing seniors, and others who are willing to give up some living space in exchange for reduced rents in vital urban settings. Could they become part of the solution to providing greater housing affordability on our scarce real estate?
Link to the Top Ten Take-Aways from the lively panel discussion and an updated list of additional resources on micro units.
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