Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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Location
Existing affordable housing in Arlington is clustered in Arlington Center (572 units across a handful of
developments around the neighborhood), Arlington Heights (216 units entirely at Drake Village and the Hauser
Building), and East Arlington (175 units at Menotomy Manor). There are also a number of scattered site units
elsewhere in the town. The clustering of affordable housing in a few areas could limit efforts to integrate
Arlington, especially its predominately single-family neighborhoods away from Massachusetts Avenue. However,
the existing affordable housing is also located near amenities and transit stops, allowing residents greater
opportunity to access the job market and to meet everyday needs.
Assessment: The location of affordable housing in Arlington has mixed implications for Fair Housing. While its
clustering in a few locations reinforces an historic trend of segregation, the locations of those clusters tend to
have greater access to opportunity than single-family neighborhoods more reliant on automobile transportation.

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Figure 19: Arlington’s Subsidized Housing Inventory (10+ units only)

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