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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: Housing Arlington
Description
ATV's monthly conversation with County Board members on the major issues discussed at April's Board meeting
The Manager presented a new housing initiative to the Board
A
Hello
again,
I'm
Kara
O'donnell,
your
host
for
County
Board,
wrap
up
with
me
today
is
Chris
County
Board
Chair
Kristin
Dorsey
who's,
highlighting
some
of
the
key
decisions
the
board
made
at
its
April
meeting.
Now,
of
course,
we
just
finished
talking
about
the
budget,
but
there
was
it
was
a
jam-packed
meeting
this
month
and
there
was
a
very
kind
of
exciting
new
initiative
that
housing
arlington.
B
B
You
know
housing
has
been
an
issue
in
our
community
for
decades
really
and
making
sure
that
we
can
provide
a
range
of
affordable
options
for
people
who
earn
a
variety
of
incomes
in
our
community
is
a
fundamental
arlington
priority.
However,
even
though
we've
been
talking
about
this
for
a
long
time,
this
initiative
is
to
send
a
clear
signal
that
business
as
usual
is
no
longer
going
to
be
the
way
that
we
approach
housing.
B
We've
traditionally
had
tools
where
we
have
invested
in
the
creation
of
subsidized
units
for
our
lowest
income
and
the
most
vulnerable
arlington
ian's.
That
will
continue,
and
in
fact,
in
the
budget,
we
increase
that
investment,
but
that
alone
is
not
enough
to
deal
with
our
housing
challenges.
We
have
to
increase
the
range
of
affordable
options
for
people
who
who
earn
less
than
$70,000
up
to
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars,
because
if
you
fall
within
that
income
range,
finding
housing
in
arlington
is
an
extreme
challenge
and
maintaining
your
housing
is
an
extreme
challenge.
B
So
we
are
going
to
explore
a
range
of
tools,
including
different,
encouraging
different
forms
of
housing
that
are
more
affordable
by
design
that
don't
encourage
public
subsidy
working
with
the
business
community
and
the
philanthropic
community
to
preserve
more
housing
units,
something
that
has
been
very
difficult
with
our
traditional
tools,
so
in
short,
kara
we're
going
to
be
exploring
a
whole
new
range
of
policies
and
financing
tools
and
partnerships
so
that
we
can
actually
start
solving
this
problem
instead
of
just
treading
water
and
one
of
the
other
key
features
of
housing.
Arlington.
B
B
It's
been
past
time,
so
why
now
means
is
because
it
would
have
been
much
better
years
ago,
but
there
is
no
better
time
than
then
now.
So
we
are
certainly
encouraged
by
the
attention
that
the
region
now
has
with
Amazon
coming
that
we
need
to
address
some
of
these
core
issues
lest
they
get
worse.
So
we're
taking
advantage
of
that
energy.
We're
taking
advantage
of
that
spirit
of
regional
cooperation
and
we're
going
to
be
a
leader
in
making
sure
we
deliver
the
kind
of
community
that
provides
opportunities
for
everybody
and.
A
B
B
We
have
low
hanging
fruit.
That's
gonna
be
before
the
board
next
month,
where
we
look
at
how
to
permit
more
affordable
forms
with
something
that
we've
talked
about
before
accessory
dwellings,
so
housing
arlington
is
going
to
certainly
encompass
all
of
the
work
that
we
have
been
doing,
but
then,
as
we
deploy
new
tools
and
strategies
that
will
happen
on
an
ongoing
basis
over
the
preceding
months
and
then
in
the
near
term.