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From YouTube: Why Affordable Housing Matters
Description
Arlington Virginia's kickoff event to Affordable Housing Month included a talk by Chris Estes, President & CEO of the National Housing Conference. County Board Chair Mary Hynes read and signed a proclamation affirming Arlington County's commitment to affordable housing. The event was recorded on Sept. 2 2015 in the Arlington County Board room.
A
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
I'm
Dave
Garcia
on
the
county's
housing
director
and
I'm
excited
to
help
us
kick
off.
This
is
our
second
or
third
annual
third
annual,
affordable
housing
month
September's
become
the
month
to
celebrate
our
collective
efforts
to
preserve
and
create
affordable
housing
housing.
It
helps
the
county
achieve
his
vision
of
a
diverse,
inclusive
and
sustainable
urban
community.
I
know
it's
longer
than
that,
but
I'll
keep
it
short,
helping
our
peoples,
strengthening
our
economies
and
building
our
communities.
A
We're
especially
excited
this
September
because
in
a
short
couple
of
weeks
and
an
even
shorter
couple
of
days,
we'll
be
back
in
this
room
discussing
the
county's
vision
for
affordable
housing
between
now
and
20
40.
If
we're
successful
at
the
end
of
that
meeting,
which
I
think
we
will
based
on
last
night's
work
session,
the
board
will
adopt
the
affordable
housing
master
plan.
A
This
is
the
county's
vision
that
sets
us
on
the
path
for
the
next
25
years
to
achieve
affordable
housing,
both
rental
and
ownership,
also
to
help
increase
access
to
that
housing
and
to
make
that
housing
more
sustainable
for
the
community.
So
today's
kickoff
sets
sets
us
up
for
a
month's
full
of
events,
including
the
September
board.
Meeting
there'll
be
a
short
program.
Then
please
stay
on
and
stay
for
the
reception
just
outside
this
room.
A
So
first
on
the
agenda,
we've
produced
a
series
of
short
public
service
announcements
that
hopefully
most
of
you
have
seen,
but
just
to
remind
you
to
see
them
again,
which
highlight
some
of
the
ways
in
which
affordable
housing
policies
make
a
difference
in
people's
lives,
want
to
thank
the
interviewees
and
thanks
to
our
only
Arlington
avian.
Ireland's
is
cable,
channel
and
joy
and
then,
finally,
before
we
get
started,
I
want
to
recognize.
We've
got
county
board
member
to
Hadas
here
with
us
staff
throughout
the
room
have
helped
us.
A
A
Think
from
my
perspective,
I
know,
I
mean
couple
things:
Mary's
helped
at
least
from
the
affordable
housing
perspective
on.
Is
it
certainly
in
terms
of
how
we
talk
about
it?
This
notion
of
the
head
heart
and
wallets
in
variations
of
that
I.
Think
because
of
that
initial
message,
I
think
a
lot
of
us
have
taken
that
language
on
lines.
I
know
I
have.
I
have
my
own
way
of
describing
it,
but
I
think
that's
been
really
helpful,
particularly
in
this
issue.
That's
been,
we've
had
a
tradition
of
doing
affordable,
housing
and
I.
A
Think
it's
been
relatively
easy,
but
I
think
over
the
time.
It's
in
some
ways
has
gotten
more
difficult
and
it's
not
unique.
Now
I
think
it
was
difficult
15
years
ago
back
when
mr.
Tejada
was
involved
in
the
ornae
valley
struggle,
but
I
think
it's
particularly
gotten
more-
and
I
think
crystal
touch
on
this
in
the
his
comments
that
as
a
place
like
arlington,
becomes
more
desirable
because
of
the
good
infrastructure
because
of
the
transportation
network
because
of
the
schools
that
parks
all
these
wonderful
things
that
make
this
a
great
place.
A
It
puts
a
lot
of
pressure
on
affordable
housing,
and
so
now
that
we've,
the
way
to
achieve
affordable
housing
is
through
resources,
both
planning
resources
and
financial
resources,
but
those
resources
and
that
need
for
affordable
housing
is
not
in
isolation.
It's
in
its
in
its
in
the
context
of
need
for
more
schools,
more
parks,
we
on
a
vacancy
rate
in
the
office
market.
That's
got
a
we've
got
to
figure
out,
so
there's
a
lot
of
competing
interests
and
again
competition
over
space
that
make
affordable
housing.
A
B
Actually
so,
as
David
said
we're
here
to
kick
off
affordable
housing
month
and
we're
going
to
celebrate
our
efforts
in
a
variety
of
ways
over
the
next
month
to
remind
us
all
that
that
we're
trying
to
make
our
vision
of
a
diverse,
inclusive
world
class
urban
community
a
reality
for
all
kinds
of
people
from
all
backgrounds
at
all
ages
and
stages
of
their
lives.
That's
what
makes
Arlington
the
great
place
that
it
really
is
today.
B
I
know
that
I
don't
have
to
say
very
much
to
the
folks
in
this
room
about
why
affordable
housing
matters
you're
here,
because
you
know
that
and
and
David
quickly
and
ran
through
sort
of
the
three
things
we've
been
saying.
You
know,
affordable
housing
supports
our
people,
it
supports
individuals,
it
also
improves
our
neighborhoods
and
we
know
from
our
business
community
that
some
of
the
it
has
a
role
to
play
and
why
businesses
decide
to
come
to
arlington
the
availability
of
good
workers
and
housing
that
they
can
afford.
B
B
We
also
have
the
only
locally
funded
housing
grant
program
that
I'm
aware
of
in
this
region,
and
we
put
8.9
million
dollars
of
our
money
in
to
support
families.
The
average
family
gets
a
grant
that's
about
five
hundred
dollars
a
month,
so
about
six
thousand
dollars
a
year,
actually
fairly
modest,
to
help
a
family
be
able
to
stay
in
safe,
good
housing.
B
We
couple
that
with
about
twice
as
much
from
the
federal
government
about
17
million
dollars,
and
so
a
more
than
1,300
households
here
in
Arlington
get
some
sort
of
rental
assistance
about
a
third
of
those
folks
are
folks
that
I
would
think
of
as
elderly
at
the
end
of
their
lives.
They're
not
really
going
to
increase
their
earning
power.
Many
of
them
are
on
fixed
incomes.
Another
third
of
them
are
people
who
are
disabled
one
way
or
another,
and
they
too
have
pretty
constrained
earning
potential
moving
forward.
B
So
to
me,
those
two
thirds
of
the
folks
they're
going
to
be
with
us
all
the
time
and
as
a
caring,
inclusive
community,
we
need
to
figure
out
how
we
help
people
who
hit
those
moments
in
their
lives
or
who
are
born
with
with
those
in
abilities
to
have
a
great
productive
life
here
in
our
community.
The
other
third
are
our
working
families
and
for
a
lot
of
those
fellows
hooks,
they
stay
on
our
housing
grant
program
three
to
four
years,
I.
B
Think
of
it
as
a
hand
up
it's
somebody
has
a
baby
or
there's
a
medical
situation
in
a
family,
or
someone
loses
a
job.
This
housing
grant
program
gives
them
the
space
to
figure
out
how
they're
going
to
move
forward,
how
they're
going
to
get
back
into
a
part
of
the
world
where
they
can
in
fact
have
control
of
their
own
destiny
and
not
need
our
assistance
and
I.
Think
that
too,
is
a
really
great
thing
in
our
community
should
be
proud
about
it.
B
The
sad
part
of
our
story
really
is
that
we've
lost
we
laughed
about
this
last
night.
We
didn't
really
lose
them.
They're,
not
missing,
but
about
13,500
apartments
have
become
a
forward
of
unaffordable
to
people
since
2000
in
our
community,
mostly
because
of
rising
rents,
a
little
bit
because
of
condo
conversion,
but
so
used
to
have
about
twenty
three
thousand
units
that
were
affordable
to
people
at
sixty
percent
of
area
median
income.
We
were
down
about
ten
thousand,
so
we've
lost
about
half
over
all
of
our
of
our
puppy,
we're
down
to
10,000.
B
Our
plan
would
hopefully
get
us
back
to
where
we
were
in
the
year
2000
and
we
that's
an
important
thing
for
us
to
do
so.
As
david
has
said,
you
know
we're
all
kind
of
looking
to
September
19th,
which
is
saturday
Saturday
board.
Meeting
here
in
September
will
it'll
be
the
first
item
on
our
agenda
and
we
believe
that
this
master
plan
really
will
break
new
ground.
It's.
B
This
is
a
good
time
to
be
in
Arlington.
We
are
facing
challenge
as
David
said:
lots
of
challenge,
but
with
challenge
comes
opportunity
and
creative
good
people
see
the
opportunity,
even
in
the
challenge
and
figure
out
how
to
make
it
work
for
the
future,
and
you
know
that's
what
we're
about
so
I'm
I'm
really
really
pleased
so
I
think
I
turn
it
back
to
you
David.
Thank
you
all
again,
and
you
know
more
details
are
on
the
website
and
tell
your
friends
and
neighbors
were
getting
close
thanks.
A
C
A
C
A
D
C
A
D
A
Hear
about
people
that
you
know
they've
got
their
house,
they
raise
their
family,
their
kids,
move
away
and
they've
got
this
house
and
they're
concerned
with.
How
are
they
going
to
be
able
to?
Are
they
gonna
be
able
to
stay
here?
They're
gonna
be
able
to
afford
it
and
so
we're
looking?
How
are
they
going
to
age
in
place?
I,
look.
E
A
A
It's
got
experience
in
community,
organizing,
affordable
housing,
development
and
credit
signification,
as
well
as
programs
that
serve
residents
in
affordable
housing
communities,
he's
written
about
the
linkage
between
affordable
housing
programs
and
transportation,
housing
in
public
health
and
worked
on
issues,
foreclosure
prevention
for
housing
for
those
with
disabilities
he's
a
graduate
of
university
north
carolina
like
myself.
In
fact.
That's
where
I
met
Chris
at
a
develop.
We
both
had
a
relationship
with
a
developer
down
there.
A
F
Thank
you,
David,
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
It's
my
pleasure
to
get
to
speak
to
you
all
this
evening.
As
David
mentioned,
I
came
here
from
North
Carolina,
where
all
of
my
housing
work
was
really
at
the
state
and
local
level.
And
although
we
are,
you
know,
everybody
who
works
on
affordable
housing
issues
comes
to
Washington
to
to
do
advocacy
and
education
on
funding.
F
But
you
don't
get
to
do
a
lot
of
meetings
like
this,
where
you
really
get
to
spend
time
with
efforts
and
folks
who
are
really
working
on
the
ground
that
are
going
to
have
transformative
impact
for
their
communities,
and
so
it's
a
lot
of
fun
for
me
to
get
to
sort
of
come
back
and
do
these
kind
of
meetings
and
support
this
kind
of
work.
The
national
housing
conference
is
actually
the
oldest
housing
organization
in
the
country.
F
We
are
formed
in
1931
in
New,
York
City,
in
the
depression,
and
it
was
an
interesting
merger
of
white
male
developers
who
were
desperate
to
build
during
the
height
of
the
depression
and
a
bunch
of
women
advocates
who
were
concerned
about
the
slum
conditions
in
New
York
City,
and
they
came
together
to
try
and
New
York
City
and
New
York
State
to
do
more
about
housing
issues
and
then
quickly
moved
to
Washington
DC.
To
then
take
that
same
kind
of
message
forward.
F
Historically
NHC
has
been
almost
solely
focused
on
federal
housing
policy
and
when
I
came
three
years
ago,
part
of
my
sort
of
negotiation
with
the
board
was
that
I
felt
like
it
was
really
important
for
us
to
be
as
equally
balanced
on
issues
that
were
happening
at
the
regional
state
and
local
level,
because
that's
really
where
the
innovations
and
opportunities
are
right.
Now
in
housing
and
community
development.
There
is,
unfortunately,
not
a
lot
that
we
can
look
to
Congress
for
in
terms
of
changing
the
landscape.
F
For
us
we
are
doing
the
best
we
can
to
sort
of
hang
on
to
what
we
have.
But
it's
not
a
place
where
there's
much
opportunity
for
innovation
in
a
resource,
scarce
environment,
and
so
it
really
is,
it's
been
a
shift
for
us
and
our
strategic
planning
and
how
we've
organized
our
staffed
that
we
are
equally
focused
in
our
communications
work,
our
research
work
and
our
policy
work,
both
federal
and
regional
state
and
local.
F
We
it's
important
for
us
to
work
on
and
be
connected
to
efforts
like
this,
because
it
really
helps
us
understand
the
process
that
communities
go
through
and
I'll
talk
a
little
more
at
the
end
about
that.
But
but
again
plans
are
roadmaps.
They
are
statements
of
values,
but
they
are
also
public
community
conversations.
F
What
do
we
want?
How
do
we
understand
and
come
together
in
a
common
understanding
about
what
our
community
needs?
What
we
value
and
they're,
probably
only
a
few
terms
as
loaded
as
the
words,
affordable,
housing,
and
that's
why
that
public
conversation
is
so
important
that
you're
the
topic
of
this
work?
Why
affordable
housing
matters
is
in
many
ways
answered
by
the
plan
itself.
It
really
outlines
I
think
very
effectively
through
the
work
of
the
study
group
and
the
working
group.
F
And
so
for
me,
when
we
began
our
work
in
North,
Carolina
I
was
trying
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
talk
about
this
issue
and
how
do
we
make
the
case
of
how
how
why
housing,
matters
and
I
didn't
do
PowerPoint
tonight,
because
I
didn't
want
you
guys
to
start
falling
asleep
right
away,
but
the
one
slide
that
I
developed
that
I
still
use
to
this
day?
You
is
an
early
PowerPoint
crude
graphics.
F
This
basically
saying
that
housing
is
a
hub
of
a
wheel
and
all
these
issues
that
we
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
in
our
community.
Typically
education,
transportation,
open
space,
older
adults,
persons
with
disabilities,
homelessness,
economic
development.
All
of
those
issues
tend
to
not
so
much
in
this
community
because
your
housing
prices
are
really
forced
housing
forward
more,
but
in
typical
communities.
Those
dominate
the
public
discussion,
much
more
than
affordable
housing
does
and
we
were
really
trying
to
help.
F
F
We
often
people
have
asked
me
all
the
time
like.
Why
are
we
having
such
trouble,
conveying
the
rental
affordability
crisis
that
this
country
is
in
right
now
and
and
I
do
believe
that
is
changing
the
public
discourse
in
most
growing
cities
in
this
country
are
following
the
path
that
you
all
are
on,
which
is
a
much
more
aggressive,
forward-thinking
planning
on.
How
do
we
manage
the
changes
that
have
hit
us?
F
How
do
we
manage
this
growth
and
how
do
we
deal
with
a
cost
structure
that
has
is
dangerously
close
to
pricing
a
lot
of
people
out
of
our
community
and
that
so
I
do
believe
that
is
changing,
but
the
the
how
housing,
the
hub
of
the
wheel
frame
for
us
at
NHC
has
shifted
a
little
bit,
and
now
we
tend
to
talk
about
housing
intersections
a
lot,
and
some
of
you
know
dr.
Lisa
Sturdivant.
She
worked
previously
at
the
George
Mason
Institute
for
regional
analysis.
F
She
now
heads
up
our
research
at
NHC
at
the
Center
for
Housing
Policy
lisa
has
outlined
with
her
staff
a
sort
of
four
pronged
agenda
for
us
and
I
thought.
It
was
interesting
that
it
really
sort
of
followed
many
of
the
things
in
your
plan.
We
look
at
the
analysis
of
housing
needs
and
affordability.
Our
housing
intersections
work
looks
at
the
intersection
between
housing
and
health,
housing
and
education
and
housing
and
employment,
and
the
most
dominant
frame
for
education.
Employment
are
around
stability
and
that
something
that
you
all
outlined
yourselves.
F
The
research
shows
over
and
over
again
families
that
can't
access,
affordable
housing
have
to
move
more
often,
it
is
more
difficult
for
them
for
their
kids
to
do
well
in
school
or
for
them
to
obtain
stable
employment
and
again
we
it
took
a
while
for
folks
to
really
hone
in
on
that
issue,
and
it's
great
that
you
all
have
identified
it.
And
then
we
look
at
issues
of
housing
demand
where,
where
is
the
growth
coming
from?
What
does
it
look
like
and
you
all
are
lucky
to
be
in
a
community
that
is
challenged
by
that?
F
There
are
many
places
in
this
country
where
I
have
spent
time
and
spoken
where
folks
are.
The
conversation
is
very
different.
It's
how
do
we
keep
our
young
people
from
leaving?
How
do
we
get
businesses
to
move
here?
We
wish
we
had
traffic
congestion,
I,
don't
think
anyone
wants
to
trade
DC's
traffic
for
theirs,
but
it
is.
It
isn't
an
a
challenge
that
I
think
all
all
the
folks
in
this
region
are
happy
to
have
when
they
really
think
about
it.
You
would
rather
be
in
a
place
that
is
a
desirable
place
to
live.
F
But
in
many
ways
that's
that's
really
the
power
of
it.
I
had
an
experience.
A
couple
days
ago,
I
went
to
a
funeral
of
one
of
my
colleagues,
their
father
passed
away
and,
and
it
funerals
or
difficult
things,
but
they
are
incredibly
beneficial,
I.
Think
for
us,
because
you
really
have
to
examine
what's
really
important
when
you
get
to
that
sort
of
end-of-life
discussion
of
what
people
are
celebrating
about
someone's
life
and
you
think
that's
really
all
the
fluff
and
distraction
of
life,
sort
of
gets,
separated
and
I.
F
Think
when
you
do
planning
it's
a
similar
kind
of
process.
You
have
to
really
focus
it's
easy
to
talk
about.
What's
in
front
of
us
right
now,
and
it's
hard
for
people
to
think
about
25
years
from
now,
but
that
plan
is
your
legacy
for
all
the
folks
that
are
involved
in
it.
It
is
some
of
us
may
not
be
here
physically
or
may
not
live
in
this
community
anymore,
but
that
will
be
your
legacy.
F
The
thing
that
you
have
left
behind
as
to
what
kind
of
community
Arlington
is
going
to
be
and
I
think
it.
What
I
was
most
impressed
with
was
really
the
thought
that
you
all
put
into
things
like
inclusivity
and
sustainability
and
that
it
was
not
just
about
units
but
about
people.
That's
what
we
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
to
folks
about
and
I'll
close
with
that
a
little
bit.
F
So
I
really
want
to
congratulate
the
staff
and
all
of
you
involved,
it's
a
tremendous
leadership
opportunity
and,
as
David
noted,
we
do
spend
time
talking
to
a
lot
of
folks
and
there
is
a
lot
of
really
interesting
planning
going
on
in
right.
Now,
communities
are
really
some
communities
like
San,
Francisco
and
New.
York
are
at
a
stage
where
they're
in
almost
crisis
mode.
How
do
we
manage
this?
Knowing
that
in
some
ways
we've
already
lost
the
battle?
F
The
district
is
obviously
become
a
very
popular
place
to
move
and
I
was
certainly
part
of
that
three
years
ago
and
we
live
in
the
city.
Ourselves
just
became
empty
nesters
and
could
take
advantage
of
that.
But
it
is
the
challenge
of
arlington
and
alexandria
and
fairfax
and
montgomery
county
and
Prince
George's
County
and
all
the
folks
in
this
region
to
be
doing
the
kind
of
thinking
that
you
all
are
doing
because
it
won't.
F
This
work
with
each
other
and
helped
us
develop
models
that
other
localities
can
look
at
and
say,
here's
how
folks,
in
the
trenches
doing
this
work,
have
come
up
with
strategies
and
ideas
that
you
can
take
and
work
with
and
think
about
how
to
adapt
to
your
community.
So
that's
something
we
hope
will
really
benefit
all
of
us.
In
the
long
run,
I
mentioned
the
sort
of
the
other
part
of
housing,
which
is
really
the
quality
of
life
element,
and
it's
really
where
the
mo
the
most
important
community
thinking
happens.
F
It's
very
easy
for
people,
if
you're
not
having
the
right
kind
of
conversation
to
assume
that
this
work
is
for
someone
else.
These
are
four
units
for
someone
else.
It's
not
for
me
and
in
fact,
one
of
the
things
that
we've
spent
a
lot
of
time
doing
is
working
on
communications
efforts
to
help
people
use
better
language
when
talking
about
the
issues
of
affordability,
the
solutions
to
it
and
the
public
conversation
that
happens
in
that
and
one
of
the
great
evidences
that
is,
that
a
lot
of
polling
that's
been
done
in
in
various
places.
F
Low
income
people
were
not
supportive
of
some
affordable
housing
efforts
in
their
community
because
they
used
words
like
low
income
and
most
people
don't
actually
self-identify
as
low
income.
No
one
says
I'm
a
low-income
senior
and
there
and
therefore
this
is
for
me,
and
so
they
all
thought
it
was
for
someone
else,
and
so
we
have
to
it's
really
important
how
people
feel
included
in
this
plan,
valued
that
it's
not
just
for
someone
who's
disadvantaged,
but
it's
for
our
community
to
be
more
successful,
vibrant
place,
a
community
of
opportunity
for
all
and
I.
Think.
F
If
everybody,
one
of
the
things
that
I
learned
really
quickly
in
my
previous
job,
North
Carolina,
does
not
have
a
great
tradition
or
of
public
transportation
and
and
in
many
communities
that
had
become
quite
affluent,
particularly
retirement
communities,
there
was
an
active
effort
to
keep
affordable
housing
out.
You
know
it
was
the
other
people.
We
don't
want
those
folks
here.
A
lot
of
people
who
had
retired
in
North
Carolina
call
them
halfbacks
people
who
had
moved
to
Florida
and
they
came
halfway
back
from
the
Northeast
and
it
was
not
a
pejorative
term.
F
It
was
just
because
you
would
see
all
these
Florida
license
plates
all
over
the
mountains
and
folks
who
spent
half
their
time
in
North,
Carolina
and
half
in
Florida,
but
they
were
often
not
really
in
support
of
any
public
investments,
both
an
education
or
in
housing
because
it
was
sort
of
they
didn't
see.
What
was
in
it
for
them,
and
it
really
is.
F
What
was
interesting
is
those
communities
when
gas
hit
four
dollars
a
gallon
back
in
the
sort
of
mid
early
to
late,
2000s
I
was
getting
calls
from
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
of
those
towns.
Saying
you've
got
to
help
us
figure
out
how
to
get
some
affordable
housing.
Here
we
have
no
child
care
workers
and
we
have
no
one
to
work.
F
F
You
know
we
have
a
7,500
units
shortage,
but
the
danger
is:
is
that
units
just
sound,
very
impersonal
and
for
all
of
you
and
for
all
the
folks
who
are
going
to
watch
this
at
some
point
late
at
night
or
when
they
can't
sleep
and
for
those
of
us
who
who
are
going
to
be
engaged
in
this
plan?
The
people
have
to
be
front
and
center.
Those
are
those
are
the
values
that
your
plan
calls
you
to,
and
those
are
the
values
that
your
community
has
embraced,
historically
and
I.
F
Think
that's
what
makes
Arlington
such
a
special
and
unique
place,
and
it
is,
it,
is
special
and
unique.
I
don't
mean
that
in
in
sort
of
a
empty
platitude,
there
are
not
a
lot
of
places
that
have
been
as
thoughtful
as
you
all
have
about
your
diversity
and
your
inclusivity
and
planning
for
that
for
the
future.
Thinking
about
how
do
we
create
a
more
sustainable
community
that
also
includes
people
of
different
incomes?
F
But
it
can
also
create
a
lot
of
price
pressure,
and
you
don't
have
to
look
much
further
than
the
price
of
housing
in
this
general
region.
By
how
far
it
is
from
the
metro.
It
was
I
think
most
telling
before
long
before
I
moved
here,
but
in
the
foreclosure
crisis,
the
price
of
homes
that
you
could
buy
during
the
foreclosure
crisis
was
dramatically
different
in
this
region,
depending
on
where
you
were
from
the
met,
and
that
was
I.
F
Remember
listening
to
an
NPR
story
about
that,
and-
and
we
kept
using
that
when
we
were
trying
to
get
Charlotte
to
do
public
transportation
and
and
why
they
should
think
about
it.
So
again,
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
your
great
work.
I
want
to
congratulate
you,
especially
the
staff
for
your
support
and
guidance
of
this
I,
really
look
forward.
We
are
eager
to
support
you
all
and
other
communities
around
the
district
and
the
district
itself.
As
you
all
work
to
help
meet
the
housing
needs
of
both
current
and
future
residents.
F
A
B
And
whereas
the
county
board
has
adopted
goals
and
targets
for
affordable
housing
across
Arlington
and
pursue
pursues
the
preservation
and
creation
of
affordable
housing
through
ordinances
plans,
site
plan
approvals,
publicly
funded,
affordable
housing
programs
and
other
policies
and
programs.
And
whereas,
as
a
caring
community,
the
county
has
focused
particular
attention
on
the
housing
needs
of
our
most
vulnerable
populations,
including
persons
who
have
disabilities.
Persons
who
are
homeless
and
persons.
B
A
Thank
You,
chairman
Hines
and
again
those
events
are
September
12th,
there's,
affordable
housing,
bus
tour,
that's
on
a
Saturday!
It's
here
from
915
a.m.
to
1130am
on
the
16th
there's
a
public
forum,
mixed-income
housing
from
7pm
to
830
p.m.
at
the
arlington
cinema,
drafthouse
on
columbia,
pike
on
sep,
tember,
21st,
there's
a
from
6
30
to
8
p.m.
there's,
a
resident
services,
an
affordable
housing
information
session
at
the
arlington
mill
community
room
on
sep,
tember
26.
There's
the
affordable
housing
bike
tour.
A
So
all
of
us
bikers
gone
a
bike
tour
to
see
some
units,
that's
from
nine
thirty
in
the
morning
to
11am
and
then
on,
September
30th
from
5
to
8
30
p.m.
there's,
a
lucky
forum
on
affordable
housing,
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
affordable
housing.
It's
going
to
be
at
the
unitarian
universalist
church
of
arlington,
arlington
boulevard
and
less
tifr
on
the
nineteenth
of
September
on
Saturday.
A
Here
in
this
room,
there's
going
to
be
the
board
is
going
to
take
up
the
question
of
adoption,
adopting
the
affordable
housing
master
plan
and
accept
the
implementation
framework,
and
so
we
encourage
people
to
attend
and
hear
how
that
goes.
So
thank
you
for
coming
and,
if
you
want
to
say
around
there's
refreshments
out
in
the
hall
or
if
you've
got
questions
for
Chris
or
miss
Hines
or
mr.
hot
or
anybody
else
welcome.
Thank
you
for
coming.