Honoring Arlington Community Foundation’s Shared Prosperity Initiative Four problems drive the involuntary displacement of our lowest-income residents: lack of affordable housing, expensive and unavailable child care, limited pathways to living wage jobs, and lack of health insurance and quality care. This year, the Arlington Community Foundation launched a new partnership to find solutions to these...
Pictured left to right: Michelle McDonough Winters, Peter Rousselot, and Jeannette Chapman. Arlington is experiencing a shortage of affordable housing. One idea worth examining is to adjust our zoning laws to allow greater variety of housing types in single family areas (e.g. duplexes or fourplexes) to allow for the development of multi-family properties along transportation...
Panel Discussion Join moderator Emily Badger, New York Times, and panelists to explore what the heightened focus on housing policy in this upcoming election could mean for our region. Our expert panelists are RSVP here.
Curious about affordable housing or want to introduce a friend to the Alliance for Housing Solutions? Join us for a free, one-hour workshop at the annual Live in Arlington Information Fair.The fair is a great place to find out about housing opportunities in Arlington. The event provides an excellent opportunity to meet with with housing...
An Interactive Learning Workshop This 1962 aerial photo shows the location of the wall that was built to keep Arlington’s neighborhoods racially segregated. The League of Women Voters of Arlington (LWVA) is partnering with Challenging Racism, an Arlington nonprofit, and Virginia Humanities, to present an interactive program on the Federal Housing Administration’s mid-20th century use...
Cities and regions across the United States face housing shortages that limit affordability, availability, and access to shared prosperity and opportunity. Residents and employers alike are looking for new solutions to overcome this persistent and complex challenge. Join the Urban Institute and Fannie Mae for a robust conversation with a cross-sector set of leaders and...
Join us for (free!) drinks, networking, and a conversation with author Wilma Jones. Her book, “My Halls Hill Family: More than a Neighborhood,” tells the story of a historically African-American community that dates back to 1850 when Bazil Hall purchased 327 acres of land for a plantation. Learn more about Wilma through a feature on...
Minneapolis recently adopted a bold new comprehensive plan that will transform the way the city will grow, taking steps toward addressing historic patterns of segregation and lack of affordability. The plan allows the development of tri-plex housing citywide, eliminates minimum parking requirements, and allows more high-density housing along transportation corridors. At this year’s Leckey Forum...
Join us at the 13th annual Arlington Home Show & Garden Expo, where you can connect with home builders, landscape designers, realtors, banks, nonprofit organizations (like AHS!) and Arlington County housing, zoning and inspection representatives. You can also take a variety of free classes, including “Fair Housing Hot Topics” and “Accessory Dwellings and Accessory Home...