Comments on: And Now Let Us Witness Excellent Maps And Charts http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2012/06/08/and-now-let-us-witness-some-excellent-maps-and-charts/ D.C. Real Estate, Development, and Urbanism Wed, 22 May 2013 16:48:28 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DC_LovesYou http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2012/06/08/and-now-let-us-witness-some-excellent-maps-and-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-97413 DC_LovesYou Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:19:40 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=25756#comment-97413 Lydia...I think it's cheap in Ward 8 because there's so much low-quality subsidized housing. This has been the area's achilles' heel for quite some time. There is a push by come community activist for the city to convert these stockpiles into mixed-use/high-density commercial and residential zones or just mixed-income housing developments but the city doesn't seem to be in a rush to change the housing dynamics in Ward 8 anytime soon... Lydia...I think it's cheap in Ward 8 because there's so much low-quality subsidized housing. This has been the area's achilles' heel for quite some time. There is a push by come community activist for the city to convert these stockpiles into mixed-use/high-density commercial and residential zones or just mixed-income housing developments but the city doesn't seem to be in a rush to change the housing dynamics in Ward 8 anytime soon...

]]> By: Alex B. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2012/06/08/and-now-let-us-witness-some-excellent-maps-and-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-97410 Alex B. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:09:25 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=25756#comment-97410 Great graphics. On the housing production bar chart, I guess the question is this: does that 2011 spike merely represent the pent-up demand from clearly recession-related slowdowns in 08, 09, and 10, or is it an actual increase in the trend of construction? I suspect it's a bit of both, particularly given the increases in population in the District over that same timeframe. It will be curious to see what that data looks like in a few years, once all of these new units hit the market. Great graphics. On the housing production bar chart, I guess the question is this: does that 2011 spike merely represent the pent-up demand from clearly recession-related slowdowns in 08, 09, and 10, or is it an actual increase in the trend of construction?

I suspect it's a bit of both, particularly given the increases in population in the District over that same timeframe. It will be curious to see what that data looks like in a few years, once all of these new units hit the market.

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