Former President Jimmy Carter's been in the news most recently for a hospital stay and birthday celebration, but now he's making local news along with his favorite charity. Habitat for Humanity is one of the groups rehabbing blighted properties up in Ivy City, and Carter's made a special stop in town to support the efforts. The action in Ivy City is pursuant to the Department of Housing and Community Development's Ivy City Special Demonstration Project. I recently mentioned that the District received some additional NSP funding, which I believe is also headed up that way.
DCmud reports further.
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In the DCMud link, it says these units are reserved for households at 30% of AMI (area median income).
The median income for the District is $85,198, so we're talking about households w/ and income of $25557 or greater. Right?
I would think you have to make less than the 30% AMI. Otherwise you are "Reserving" the units for like 99% of the population. That is hardly reserved. I think they are for people making little money
What are the boundaries of Ivy City?
does it include the houses on Mount Olivet where it turns into Brentwood?
It would be 30% of AMI or below. The number would also adjust according to family size.
What are the boundaries of Ivy City?
Mount Olivet (S), West Virginia (NE), New York (NW).
I believe AMI is based on an area larger than just the District.
Looks like AMI is calculated based on the region and by number in family...here is a link
http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/il/il10/dc.pdf
HUD Area Family Income is for us 103,500 which includes DC, MD, VA so a 1 person 30% of the median is 21,750, and a 4-person family is 31,050
This is ind of bogus though because this region is VERY wealthy and the area median income, I think is not a good measure for affordable housing but I guess I am not going to change HUD.
HUD Area Family Income is for us 103,500 which includes DC, MD, VA...
This is a long-standing grievance expressed by virtually every social services organization in the District. The disparity between a place like North Arlington and a place like Barry Farm is astounding, to say the least. What a mess...
Seems to me there's this distinction made between "affordable housing" and "housing for the very poor."
Obviously we need some mixture of both, but usually "affordable housing," "workforce housing" and the like are sold to the general population as "we need to have a place where teachers, firemen, and restaurant workers can live".
Is there a difference between "affordable/workforce housing" and what folks think of as "the projects"? Not saying it's the case with this Ivy City project, but isn't it a bit of bait-and-switch to call something "affordable housing" when it's reserved for the poorest of the poor?
Maybe I'm just confused by the jargon.
Seems to me there's this distinction made between "affordable housing" and "housing for the very poor."
Obviously we need some mixture of both, but usually "affordable housing," "workforce housing" and the like are sold to the general population as "we need to have a place where teachers, firemen, and restaurant workers can live".
Is there a difference between "affordable/workforce housing" and what folks think of as "the projects"? Not saying it's the case with this Ivy City project, but isn't it a bit of bait-and-switch to call something "affordable housing" when it's reserved for the poorest of the poor?
Maybe I'm just confused by the jargon.
Is there a difference between "affordable/workforce housing" and what folks think of as "the projects"?
In current parlance, it is my understanding that a "project" implies a development specifically to serve local income residents while "affordable housing" imples a development that rents a portion of its units at a discounted rate.
Your remark that "workforce housing" is a euphemism is correct...
ivy city actually includes the triangle of houses on the southwest corner of west virginia and mt. olivet as well. see this map for the boundaries.
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