Housing Recommendations | 2021 Report
Concern or Issue
Existing zoning ordinance disadvantages older or established neighborhoods at a disadvantage for redevelopment.
Zoning ordinances can be barriers in developing sustainable, equitable communities which include housing that is affordable.
There are insufficient resources for the public to learn about home rental, buying and home ownership.
Recommendation
Short term
• Establish different standards for infill housing development.
Medium term
• Examine existing ordinances to eliminate barriers to develop housing that is affordable.
• Find tools to develop affordable neighborhoods with accessible services.
Medium term
• Work with educational institutions to include financial education to ensure that graduates are financially responsible.
• Review homebuyer and renter education to see if it is sufficient.
• Seek to implement changes where resources are insufficient.
There is inadequate housing inventory that is affordable and accessible for all income levels.
Long term
• Research how to include household debt in the evaluation of housing cost burden.
• Use the data in the Housing Needs Analysis and debt burden data to identify housing needs and target solutions to gaps.
• Reduce barriers to renting.
Arlington neighborhoods do not uniformly represent the diversity of the city’ s population.
Long term
• Examine possible reasons behind the current housing map by race and ethnicity.
• Encourage development of proximate housing that varies by affordability and type with access to services throughout the city.
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