Arlington County Board Member J. Walter Tejada spoke out about affordable housing, "the most challenging subject facing our community," in The Connection. Speaking at the Civic Federation earlier this year, Tejada declared, "We continue to struggle as best as we can, but we need to come up with different options. We need to try new things."
The article reported that "between 2000 and 2005 the county lost 9,900 affordable housing units, or 52 percent of its total. Since November 2004, owners of more than 2,300 rental units have begun the process of converting them into condos, and another 500 units are scheduled to be demolished to make way for townhouses and other high-priced dwellings."
