Tag: affordable housing
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...
Our View: The value of listening
How heartening it is to see the new map and proposed text amendment, both revised by city staff after receiving resident input, that dials...
City holds zone text amendment community meeting
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
The City of Alexandria held a virtual community meeting on May 19 to discuss a proposed zoning text amendment that would...
