HOW WE GOT HERE, HOW WE ADDRESS IT AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS THAT WILL IMPACT WHAT AND WHERE WE CALL HOME
“They are designing attractive housing for lower incomes.
I lived in workforce townhomes and you couldn’t tell it from the outside.
They have built public housing next to million-dollar townhomes
and it hasn’t made them less desirable,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist
for Virginia REALTORS®.
Sturtevant has hope for new building methods that can create more affordable housing that is accessible to all in terms of price and mobility accessibility.
She points to a demonstration house created via 3D printer.
She noted advances in modular housing produce a more
durable, flexible and sustainable product — not the modular housing that people
picture from 1970s trailer home styles.
Sturtevant endorses efforts by
advocates such as the Alliance for Housing Solutions (AHS), a nonprofit working
to increase the supply of affordable housing in Arlington County and Northern
Virginia.
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