Tag: affordable housing
Your Views: How about a population cap?
To the editor:
Get ready for a more costly city with more and taller structures, less open space, more people, their cars and youngsters and...
Affordable housing counseling available
By Leslie Golden | [email protected]
Alexandria’s Office of Housing provides housing counseling services for persons seeking affordable rental and accessible housing in the city. Each...
Your Views: Ignore the COG’s flawed demands
To the editor:
Mayor Justin Wilson and the city have been promoting a draft report on housing prepared by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments....
Property assessments presented to council
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
City Council discussed real property assessments for this year at its Tuesday night legislative meeting, which included a 3.82% increase...
City Council approves King Street apartment conversion
By Jackie Fishman
Residential issues, DASH bus routes and use of public right-of-way space were front and center at City Council’s Saturday public meeting.
At the...
City Hall Watch with Bill Rossello: Where’s the groundswell?
People normally don’t agree to a solution unless they agree to the problem. Or to a new idea unless the benefits are clear. In...
Mayor discusses fall legislative priorities
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
City Council held its first 2022-2023 legislative meeting on Tuesday evening, in which a discussion took place about the General...
What Alexandria’s demographic trends say about city’s future
By Mark Eaton | [email protected]
It’s no secret that the City of Alexandria is constantly evolving, nor that it will continue to evolve. But the ways...
Height amendment deferred
The Planning Commission voted to defer action on a controversial zoning amendment at its most recent meeting on June 23. The proposed amendment has...
City Hall Watch with Bill Rossello: Making Alexandria less affordable for...
In its quest to make housing affordable in Alexandria, city hall may have been its own worst enemy. An astonishing 74% of residents are...
