Sun Gazette Arlington, September 22, 2016

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VOLUME 81 NO. 44 SEPTEMBER 22-28, 2016

ARLINGTON’S SOURCE FOR HOMETOWN NEWS SINCE 1935

Can Westover Retain Its Affordable Housing? APAH Is Seeking to Buy, Renovate Existing Units With Government Help SCOTT McCAFFREY

SALUTING AFFORDABLE-HOUSING BOOSTERS

Staff Writer

Reactions have been positive – with caveats applied – to the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing’s effort to purchase, renovate and preserve rental apartments threatened with demolition in the Westover area of the county. APAH has reached agreement to acquire nearly 70 units from private owners in the corridor at an average price of $215,000, and plans to spend about $75,000 per unit renovating them. The organization is headed to Saturday’s County Board meeting, seeking a loan of about $11 million from the county government’s Affordable Housing Investment Fund (AHIF) to support the plan. The proposal will help to “change the dynamic” of modestly priced real estate being razed for redevelopment, said APAH president Nina Janopaul. “Watching [previous] units being demolished . . . was a bit of a visualization of what’s been happening in Arlington in recent years. It helped mobilize the community,” Janopaul said. “We hope it will be a bit of an anchor for that community.” As of Sept. 20, neither the full funding proposal, nor a recommendation from County Manager Mark Schwartz, was available from the county government. But the Continued on Page 21

INSIDE! AHC Inc. Housing Hall of Fame inductees Rev. Dr. Leonard Hamlin Sr., Patricia McGrady and Walter Tejada (third, fourth and fifth from left) were joined by state Sens. Barbara Favola (D-31st) and Adam Ebbin (D-30th), Arlington County Board Vice Chairman Jay Fisette and Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey at the induction ceremony, held Sept. 15 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel. The event also saluted AHC’s 40th anniversary in providing quality affordable housing. See Page 3. CYNDI LEE PHOTOGRAPHY

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