An application to the Arlington County Board to demolish the existing Key Boulevard Apartments and construct a new affordable housing project has been deferred. The applicant, the Arlington Housing Corporation (AHC Inc.), asked for a deferral of up to one year and staff agreed with this request. Some residents were hoping for a full rejection of the application.
“Denial is the proper thing, not a deferral,” said Terri Prell, a Rosslyn resident. “To ask us to spend another year on this is not fair.”
The deferral was passed unanimously. Jay Fisette, County Board chair, suggested the application not return without significant overhauls and community support.
“Affordable housing is critical to our community, but not at all costs,” said Walter Tejada, Arlington Board Member. “We have to be careful in how we go about it.”