Missing Middle Housing Study: Documents

• Study Scope, Charge & Timeline
• MMHS Community Partner Online Toolkit

Study Documents

Expanding Housing Choice: The Missing Middle Housing Study Phase 3

County Board (March 18, 2023)

• Staff Report

• Data sources for Racial and Socioeconomic Analysis:
  • Arlington County and Washington MSA 2020 ACS 5-Year Summary Tables
  • CPHD Population and Demographic Estimates 2022
  • Home Sales and Assessments
  • Income Attainability for Single-Detached Sales and Rental Prices

Planning Commission (March 6 and 8, 2023)

• Staff Report
• Recording – March 6
• Recording – March 8

Transportation Commission (March 2, 2023)

• View a recording

Housing Commission (February 16, 2023)

• View a recording

County Board Request to Advertise (January 21, 24, and 25, 2023)

• Staff Report
• Two-page summary of the authorized advertisement
• News release
• Advertised Zoning Ordinance amendment
• Advertised General Land Use Plan amendment
• Recording – January 21
• Recording – January 24
• Recording – January 25

Transportation Commission Request to Advertise (January 5, 2023)

• Recording

Planning Commission Meetings (December 12 and 15, 2022)

• Staff Report – PC Request to Advertise GLUP and Zoning Ordinance Amendments
• Recording – December 12
• Recording – December 15

ZOCO Meeting (November 30, 2022)

• View a recording
• Staff presentation
• Public comments received by ZOCO

 LRPC/ZOCO Meeting (November 16, 2022)

• View a recording
• Staff presentation
• Public comments received by ZOCO (prior to meeting)
• Additional public comments received by ZOCO

 LRPC/ZOCO Meeting (November 9, 2022)

• View a recording
• Staff memo
• Staff presentation
• County Board letter to the Planning Commission
• Public comments received by LRPC and ZOCO (prior to meeting)
• Additional public comments received by LRPC and ZOCO

LRPC Meeting (October 17, 2022)

• View a recording
• Staff presentation
• Public comments received by LRPC

County Board Phase 3 Engagement (September-October 2022)

• Info Session #1: Housing Development and Economics
• Info Session #2:  History and Future of Zoning and Housing Policy
• Info Session #3: Planning and Growth
• Community Conversations: Comprehensive Notes

Expanding Housing Choice: The Missing Middle Housing Study Phase 2
County Board Work Session (July 12, 2022)

• View a recording
• Staff presentation
• Public engagement details and analysis
• Schedule and next steps
• County Board's guidance to staff

April-May 2022

• View presentation of draft framework
• Consultant memo: financial analysis of missing middle housing types
  Raw financial analysis spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel, provided in response to a request)
  • MMHS Construction Cost Estimates(XLSX, 478KB)
  • MMHS Financial Models 1(XLSX, 323KB)
  • MMHS Financial Models 2(XLSX, 321KB)

  • MMHS Financial Models 3(XLSX, 318KB)

• Details of the draft framework (En Español)
• Phase 2 FAQs
• Phase 2 Q&A Response Matrix

Phase 2 Community Feedback (April - June 2022)

• Raw data from the online feedback form
• Emails sent by community members
• Comments from community members

Virtual Q&A on Phase 2 Draft Framework (May 2, 2022)

• View a recording

Expanding Housing Choice: The Missing Middle Housing Study Phase 1 Report
Nov. 2021

• Final report(PDF, 38MB)
• View highlights and an overview presentation
• Presentation slides(PDF, 714KB)
• Commission review comment-response matrix(PDF, 210KB)

• Phase 1 FAQs

Virtual Q&A on Phase 1 Report
Sept. 28, 2021

• View a recording
• View key takeaways(PDF, 232KB)

Draft Phase 1 Report
Sept. – Nov. 2021

• Draft report(PDF, 26MB)
• Staff review with Commissions and Community Groups:
  • Sept. 27 – Long Range Planning Committee (Planning Commission)
  • Sept. 30 – Transportation Commission
  • Oct. 7 – Housing Commission
  • Oct. 12 – Civic Federation
  • Oct. 18 – Commission on Aging
  • Oct. 25 – Climate Change, Energy and Environment Commission (C2E2)
  • Oct. 27 – Joint Facilities Advisory Commission (JFAC)
  • Oct. 28 – Forestry and Natural Resources Commission (FNRC)

  Phase Ib: Housing Typologies Engagement
  May – June 2021

  • Presentation slides

  Phase Ia Community Engagement
  October 2020 – March 2021

  • Community Engagement Summary 
  • Research Compendium Online Engagement Responses

  Housing Arlington Listening Tour Stop #5
  Spanish-Language Session
  February 18, 2021

  • Presentation slides
  • Digital Whiteboards (Jamboards)

  Housing Arlington Listening Tour Stop #4
  For Zip Codes: 22203, 22205, 22201 & 22209
  February 4, 2021

  • View a recording
  • Presentation slides
  • Digital Whiteboards (Jamboards)

  Housing Arlington Listening Tour Stop #3
  For Zip Codes: 22204 & 22206
  February 3, 2021

  • View a recording
  • Presentation slides
  • Digital Whiteboards (Jamboards)

  Housing Arlington Listening Tour Stop #2
  For Zip Codes: 22205, 22207, 22209, 22201 & 22213
  February 2, 2021

  • View a recording
  • Presentation slides
  • Digital Whiteboards (Jamboards)

  Housing Arlington Listening Tour Stop #1
  For Zip Codes: 22202 & 22206
  January 27, 2021

  • View a recording
  • Presentation slides
  • Digital Whiteboards (Jamboards)

  Kick Off Event
  October 28, 2020

  • Presentation slides
  • Summary of polling responses
  • Online Engagement Opportunity | en español

  Community Partners Organizational Meeting
  October 13, 2020

  • View a recording of this meeting
  • Agenda & Presentation
  • Share: Study Overview
  • Share: Study Kick Off Flyer for October 28 | en espanol
  • Review: Research Compendium
  • Review: FAQs: Missing Middle Housing Study Scope
  • Review: Study Scope, Charge, and Timeline
  • Report Back: Engagement Insight Form

  County Board Work Session
  September 22, 2020

  • Study Scope, Charge, and Timeline
  • Staff presentation on MMHS Scope
  • View a recording of the work session
  • Draft agenda for work session

  Missing Middle Research: Ask the Authors Event
  September 2, 2020

  • View a recording of this event
  • Staff presentation on Research Compendium
  • Questions & answers

  Missing Middle Housing Study Research Compendium
  June – August 2020

  • Missing Middle Housing Study: Research Compendium
  • Bulletin 1 – Missing Middle Housing Study: A Stakeholder Guide
  • Bulletin 2 – Housing Market Pressures
  • Bulletin 3 – Arlington’s Existing Housing Choices
  • Bulletin 4 – Arlington’s Land Use Policy and Zoning
  • Bulletin 5 – Missing Middle Housing Study in Context
  • Supplemental Resource – A History of Residential Development, Planning, and Zoning in Arlington County, Virginia

  Draft Scope of Work for Review
  January 2020

  • Missing Middle Housing Study Draft Scope of Work
  • Webinar on study background and Draft Scope of Work
  • Comment and response matrix (Updated July 23)
  • Staff review with Commissions and Advisory Boards:
    • January 16 – Housing Commission
    • January 22 – Long Range Planning Committee
    • February 6 – Transportation Commission
    • February 24 – Commission on Aging
    • February 27 – Urban Forestry Commission
    • CANCELED – March 12 – NCAC
    • March 23 – E2C2
    • TBD – County Board
  • County Board review with Civic Associations and Community Groups (begun Feb. 2020)
    • Contact CountyBoard@arlingtonva.us to schedule a meeting with your group
  • Public feedback on Draft Scope of Work (raw data)

  Housing Arlington and Missing Middle Update to the County Board
  December 17, 2019

  • Missing Middle Housing Study Framework
  • Staff presentation
  • Press Release: Arlington County to Begin Missing Middle Housing Study in 2020

  Related Resources

  Examples of Missing Middle Housing

  • Arlington County Missing Middle Image Gallery
  • Opticos Design Website on Missing Middle Housing

  Articles

  • Going, Going…Gone? Escalating home prices have shut middle-class buyers out of Arlington’s real estate market. Is there a solution? (Alison Rice, Arlington Magazine, March/April 2021)
  • Exclusive Communities Deepen Inequality in Every Metro Area (Jenny Schuetz of the Brookings Institution, July 16, 2020)
  • “Gentle” density can save our neighborhoods (Alex Baca, Patrick McAnaney, & Jenny Schuetz of the Brookings Institution, Dec. 4, 2019)

  Podcasts

  • Housing Recovery (Freddie Mac Multifamily, Podcast, July 8, 2020)
  • The Year of Housing Reform (Vox, “The Weeds” Podcast, Feb. 20, 2020)

  Housing Arlington

  • Fall 2019 Community Conversation Key Takeaways
  • Housing Arlington Documents

  Arlington Comprehensive Plan Elements & Updates

  • Affordable Housing Master Plan
  • Flood Resilient Arlington
  • Forestry and Natural Resources Plan
  • Historic Preservation Master Plan Update

  Historic & Ongoing Racial Inequity

  • Federal Housing Administration Map (1936)
    

    Click to enlarge

  • Description of residential grades (from Housing Market Analysis, Washington, D.C., July 1937, FHA)
  • Excerpts from the 1938 Federal Housing Administration Underwriting Manual
  • Federal Housing Administration Underwriting Manual: Underwriting and Valuation Procedure under Title II of the National Housing Act (1938)
  • The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Richard Rothstein, 2017)
  • Rothstein on The Color of Law (Video, May 3, 2018)
  • Segregated by Design (Richard Rothstein & Mark Lopez, Video, 2019)
  • Zoning and Segregation in Virginia: Part I (McGuireWoods LLP and McGuireWoods Consulting, 2021)

  County History

  • A Guide to the African American Heritage of Arlington County, Virginia (John Liebertz, 2nd edition)
  • My Halls Hill Family: More Than a Neighborhood (Wilma Jones, 2018)
  • Race and Housing in Arlington (Alliance for Housing Solutions, Video, Oct. 3, 2020)

  Regional Housing Supply and Affordability

  • Regional Map Resource

  Zoning

  • Zoning Matters: How Land Use Policies Shape Our Lives (Urban Institute, Video, June 12, 2019)
  • How Communities Are Rethinking Zoning to Improve Housing Affordability and Access to Opportunity (Jorge González & Solomon Greene of the Urban Institute, June 12, 2019)