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22 Sep, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Livable Cville wrote a Letter to the Editor in the Daily Progress on the relationship between housing density and climate change. Please read, distribute, and act! ImageImageImage
[N.B. The Daily Progress did not mention that this Livable Cville wrote this letter. Their conventions don’t appear to allow for a group to sign a letter. They wanted 1-2 names, so @mtgillikin and @whatthecarp are listed, but many others helped write this.
Also, our wildly clever original title was “Density for Climate’s Sake”, which the DP changed.]
dailyprogress.com/opinion/letter…
Here are links to the works cited:

charlottesville.gov/DocumentCenter…

charlottesville.gov/DocumentCenter…

multifamilyexecutive.com/concept-commun…

eia.gov/energyexplaine…

myneighborsgroup.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/livabl…

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21 Sep
Impressive work from @c3climate, pushing our community towards a more equitable, functional, and climate friendly transportation system. Thank you @CaeCL and @kruse_susan!
Here are their 14 recommendations in brief. Read the full report for more. static1.squarespace.com/static/5a0c67f… ImageImage
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15 Sep
A question that keeps coming up is whether Charlottesville has a housing crisis.

We think the answer is yes & that it extends beyond very low income residents. Here is a chart from Albemarle County showing jobs that do not make a “housing wage,” such as teacher & electrician.
What is a housing wage? It’s how much someone working full time needs to made to afford a 2 bedroom apartment. In Albemarle County in 2019, it was around $24-25 an hour, more than most people working in the county make.
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14 Sep
Opportunity to advocate for affordable housing!!!

The RST rezoning is going before the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors this Wednesday evening, the 15th. If approved, it will allow 190 affordable homes for 30 years between 30-80% Area Median Income (average of 60% AMI).
The development will have 332 homes total on 19.5 acres on 29 North near Forest Lakes and Hollymead. It includes 254 apartments, 190 of which will be affordable (via Low Income Housing Tax Credit funding). The remaining units will be market priced townhomes.
This proposal was recommended for approval by the County Planning Commission 6-1 on June 15th. There has been significant opposition to this project from Forest Lakes residents. You can read more about that meeting here dailyprogress.com/news/local/gov…
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28 Aug
Do you have questions about housing in Charlottesville as we move through the @CvillePlans process? We put together a resource that we hope will help provide answers as we seek to fix our community’s housing crisis. Let us know what you think!

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We tried to answer 16 questions we’ve heard come up. In case reading a PDF isn’t for you, we will thread them out.
First question: Does Charlottesville really have a housing crisis?

Answer: Yes! Depending on the analysis, as many as 4300 households - nearly a quarter - Charlottesville are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend over 30% of their income on housing.
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8 Jun
People who care about their views more than their neighbors sometimes argue that there's no housing affordability crisis, despite all available evidence. Let's talk about some of that evidence!
Over 5000 households, or half of renters, are cost-burdened, meaning they spend >30% of their income on housing. Over 2700 households are extremely cost-burdened and spend >50% of their income on housing. Image
Before the pandemic, rents were increasing at about 5.8% per year. And sale prices in R-1 zones have increased from $321000 in 2016 to $482000 this year. ImageImage
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22 May
There's been a lot of talk about whether single-family zoning is good or bad for affordability. Without comment, here are some single-family homes that were built in Charlottesville in 2020.
915 Stonehenge Ave Ext, sold for $545,761.
1105 Altavista Ave, sold for $533,000.
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