Arlington Showcases Renovated Affordable Housing Complex
The renovation of Buchanan Gardens Apartments cost about $32.4 million.
Affordable housing advocates celebrated the completed renovation of Buchanan Gardens Apartments on Monday, a $32.4 million project that will serve as a home to 111 families. The Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing bought the property, just north of Columbia Pike in the Barcroft neighborhood, in 2009. Renovation was phased in, and about 70 percent of the former tenants returned. "They're beautiful," said resident Kelvin Flores, 27, who lives at the apartment complex with his family. "It's a lot better than it was before." The housing partnership renovated and furnished a single unit to show residents before the larger renovation began in order to make the transition easier, said partnership president Nina Janopaul. The partnership …
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12:39 pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Renovation cost was over $300,000 per unit. Not truly 'affordable'. Low wage service workers, students, interns are excluded. Typical of Arlington's unaffordable 'affordable housing'. The County-owned Arlington Mill will exclude single persons who don't earn at least $30,000 per year. more ›