HOW WE GOT HERE, HOW WE ADDRESS IT AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS THAT WILL IMPACT WHAT AND WHERE WE CALL HOME
Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist for Virginia REALTORS®, agrees that swift action must be taken at all levels of government to supply more housing — especially the missing middle.
“Where housing is most needed is where the strongest community opposition is.
And elected officials put their foot down on housing,” she said.
“Arlington is joining Minneapolis in moving to allow duplexes and triplexes by right in single-family zoning.
But sometimes
the most progressive places are where road blocks come up in the way of housing
for different populations.”
Sturtevant said NIMBYism must be resolved in the suburbs.
She said people feel it will hurt their property
values, but that isn’t an automatic.
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