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Here's why a yes vote on alley lots doesn't guarantee more affordable housing for DC
Here's why a yes vote on alley lots doesn't guarantee more affordable housing for DC... moreHere's why a yes vote on alley lots doesn't guarantee more affordable housing for DC
Here's why a yes vote on alley lots doesn't guarantee more affordable housing for DC
Picture this, if you will: two row homes on the opposite side of a skinny alley. Well, when D.C. was planned, they didn’t just make alleys, they accounted for big plots of land on either side of the skinny alley.
Can some vacant spaces in DC alleys be turned into affordable housing?
Those plots of land are what’s known as alley lots. Some people want to build on those lots, but face big restrictions. The D.C. Zoning Commission is voting on whether or not change that.
"One of the things that I think residents and visitors of the district love is stumbling upon certain alleys throughout the city," Capitol Hill ANC Corey Holman said. "You know, Blagden Alley, Naylor court (over in Shaw) and then over on Capitol Hill some of the residential alleys Browns Court Library Court…are sort of two real... less
