The Arlington County Board will soon consider recommendations emerging from a 3-year Affordable Housing Study. This edition of Housing Intelligence contains information to help you counter myths and misconceptions about the need, the costs, and the benefits----the "dollars and sense"---of affordable housing in Arlington.
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We're asking supporters of affordable housing in Arlington to be ready to speak out to counter myths and misconceptions about the need, the costs, and the benefits of increasing Arlington's affordable housing supply.
The resources linked below were presented at AHS's 2015 State of Affordable Housing/JACKtalk this spring. If you missed that event, checking out the links below will virtually "take you there"---but, sorry, without the "eats"!
Barry Merchant, Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA)
Michael Geary, Geary O'Hara Family Foundation  Why does it cost so much . . . and why should I care? The answers---in words-with-pictures and in mostly-pictures (click image at right for a quick two-page reference to bolster your conversations with skeptics).*
What you can do: P lease take a few minutes to come up to speed to be ready to advocate for adopting the proposed new Affordable Housing Master Plan ( AHMP)--- 
A flyover** (see left) of the Plan---and facts/findings behind it
And watch for our call to action in support of the AHMP, coming soon in New & Next.
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 *Link to case studies with specifics on development costs and community benefits for several recent affordable housing initiatives from AHC, APAH, and CPDC.
**Help with viewing the "Prezi" overview----use the right arrow below the screen to step through the presentation as it was designed to be seen or -use your cursor to click on words or images to explore at your own pace. To enlarge your view, click the small screen image at the far right below the screen.
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AHS thanks its generous 2015 SOAH/JACKtalk sponsors
The organizations that sponsored our May 2015 JACKtalk event also helped make this module possible---
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