The Northern Virginia city's 'Zoning for Housing/Housing for All' plan looks to create more affordable housing, and more housing overall, and address racial inequities.
In remarks at the event Tuesday, Mayor Justin M. Wilson recounted how these forms of “de jure” segregation had shaped the divergent trajectories of his Black father and White mother decades ago, and recalled once being shown a racially restrictive covenant for a property in Alexandria.
“Are all of the fruit from that poisoned tree poisonous? Perhaps not,” he told a hotel ballroom filled with city leaders, housing professionals and neighborhood advocates. “But all of them still exist today in our code, and in some cases, probably achieved the same results they were intended to achieve all those many years ago.”launch the “Zoning for Housing/Housing for All” initiative last fall, planners worked to identify their list of zoning-related topics for further consideration.
will decide whether to allow “missing middle” housing — townhouses, duplexes and perhaps more — in neighborhoods set aside for only single-family houses. and add more expensive units, or provide a welcome opportunity for those who can’t afford a home there now.those discussions. But others noted that Alexandria’s effort may not take on the same dynamic — in part because of the breadth of its plan and in part because the city is more urbanized than its neighbor.
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