ARL Now, March 19, 2024, A New Era Of Housing Questions For Arlington One Year After Passing Missing Middle
A year after the passage of Arlington’s “Missing Middle” ordinance last March, the jury is out on the long-term implications of the zoning change. Challenges include a substantial slowdown in Missing Middle applications and continued opposition from some residents. Instead, development applications involving the Expanded Housing Option have slowed to a relative crawl. The county has approved just three Missing Middle applications since the start of this year, according to its EHO Tracker page.
The Expanded Housing Option creates more ways for developers to abuse lot-coverage restrictions in ways that negatively impact neighborhoods, according to Bill Richardson, president of the Donaldson Run Civic Association.
