just musing for right now, might turn this into something more substantial in the future...but i think it's interesting that an overall downwards-trending average flattens out a little when you remove the rural area (500 avg 1975-2008, then 441 avg 2009-present).

removing the rural area from the zoning categories here shows a slightly different picture - it's not just a decline in building, it's a fairly consistent level of building with a big gap following the great recession, a return to norm up to 2020, then a recent jagged decline.

also, in case you can't tell from the orange in the above chart - from 1975 to 2008, total units averaged ~800/year; from 2009 to present, total units averaged ~530/year. but that 1975-2008 higher average was underpinned by development in the rural area.

if i turn this into a blog post i will be more methodical about color-coding the zoning categories here. but another thing i saw, zooming out: 2016 and 2025 are the two lowest-unit years in the last 50 years for Albemarle County.

I want very badly to tax the shit out of our rich folks, eminent domain buildings from shitty landlords, and implement a broad and comprehensive public housing program. I also think it is a terrible idea to hinder the private construction of new housing until we figure out how to do that.

and spoiler alert - i don't think we get enough of those homes through developer incentives/inclusionary zoning alone. we need a meaningful increase in the housing supply.

yes, the plant will definitely indirectly create more jobs than those 600 high-paying ones. but without homes in Albemarle affordable at, say, 80% or 50% AMI, the people working those jobs will likely be forced to commute from Greene/Madison/Louisa/Orange.

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