Tag: housing
My View: Alexandria gets housing affordability wrong
By Vanessa Calder
Alexandria’s city council successfully increased the meals tax on restaurants in its jurisdiction on May 10. The council’s plan is to dedicate...
Our View: Off these mean streets
Homelessness is the point where numerous other issues intersect. Housing affordability, addiction, mental health problems and availability of social services and jobs are factors...
To the editor: It’s time to sustain affordable housing in Alexandria
To the editor:
For almost two decades, Alexandria has lost a considerable amount of its affordable housing stock, making it increasingly difficult for average Alexandrians...
Letter to the Editor: Council should call the question for affordable...
To the Editor:
Alexandria has lost more than 17,000 market-affordable rental homes since 2000 – a shocking 90 percent loss of the city’s moderately priced housing...
Housing master plan aims for affordability, balance
It may be a little more than a year away, but the City of Alexandria will finally have a comprehensive guide for development, with an eye toward one of its most fleeting resources affordable housing.
Alexandria: Affordable?
Panel offers varied perspectives on issues for less-affluent residents
Redevelopment means growing pains for public housing residents
Relocating 32 households has caused growing pains for some public housing residents
Some cooperative members remain uncooperative
Senses of frustration and injustice still exist at Arlandria Chiralagua Housing Cooperative
