Providing transparency regarding MMH/EHO is a core tenet of AFUT and we encourage you to see for yourself how this fatally defective EHO journey is going.  Below please find a snapshot of MMH/EHO thus far and we encourage to investigate the properties that are being torn down and what it is being replaced with.  Who are the real winners? Whatever happen to all these promises of affordability – gone just like the Board’s promise this would not be a County-wide change.

(Sincere thanks to Natalie Roy for her willingness to share and allow us to repost her information, research, and statistics. If you would like to be added to Natalie’s regularly published “EHO Watch” email distribution please email AFUT at afut.upzoningtransparency@gmail.com and we will be happy to ask her to add you.)

MMH/EHO Watch (Last Updated 1/10/24)

The 26 approved EHO permit applications that appear on the County website are:

  • 4015 7th Street S and 4019 7th Street S: (Two permits) Adjacent 6-Plexes (12 units total) located in the neighborhood of Alcova Heights. These were approved on 9/13. They are located in an R-6 zoning district. Currently, two BZA appeals have been filed by neighbors contesting these permits.
  • 644 S Illinois Street: An application for a duplex in the Forest Glen neighborhood. This permit was approved on 9/14 and is located in an R-6 planning district.
  • 2612 S. Fern Street: A 6-plex in an R-5 zoning district in the neighborhood of Aurora Highlands. According to the County’s website, this project was approved on August 16th.
  • 2005 N. Taylor Street: A townhouse project (3 units), in an R-6 zoning district in the neighborhood of Cherrydale. The date given for the approval was August 17th.
  • 5041 25th Street S: A semi-detached project (2 units) in an R-6 zoning district in the neighborhood of Claremont. The date of this approval was on August 16th.
  • 4611 Carlin Springs Road: A 6-plex in an R-6 zoning district in the neighborhood of Bluemont. The date of this approval was August 24th.
  • 735 N George Mason Drive: A 6-plex in an R-6 zoning district, in the neighborhood of Bluemont. The permit was approved on August 30th.
  • 1816 N Jackson: Semidetached (2 units), in an R-6 zoning district, in the neighborhood of Lyon Village. Approved on 9/22.
  • 1227 N Utah Street: 6-Plex in an R-5 zoning district in the neighborhood of, Ballston-VA Square. Approved on 9/26.
  • 2100 George Mason Drive: A Quadplex in an R-6 zoning district in the neighborhood of Tara Leeway Heights. Approved on 10/3.
  • 5630 8th Street North, 5-Plex in an R-6 zoning district, Bluemont, Approved on 10/12. A BZA appeal has been filed by neighbors contesting these permits.
  • 921 22nd Street S, Townhouses (3 units) in an R-5 zoning district, Aurora Highlands – Approved on 10/6.
  • 2909 2nd Road North, Townhouses (3 units) in an R-6 zoning district, Lyon Park. Approved 10/10.
  • 3802 14th Street N, 6-Plex, in an R-5 zoning district, Virginia Square. Approved on 10/17. A BZA appeal has been filed by a neighbor contesting these permits.
  • 6410 22nd Street N, townhouses (3 units), in an R-6 zoning district, EFC, Approved 10/17.
  • 629 N Monroe Street, Townhouses (3 units), Ashton Heights in an R-6 zoning district- Approved on 10/17.
  • 1907 N Roosevelt Street, Townhouses (3 units), in an R-6 zoning district, EFC – Approved 10/18.
  • 4229 16th Street S, Quadplex in an R-6 zoning district in Douglas Park – Approved on Halloween, 10/31.
  • 1004 N Daniel Street, Six-Plex in an R-5 zoning district in Clarendon Courthouse. Approved on 11/20.
  • 2129 N Troy Street, Semi-detached in an R-6 zoning district in Dawson Terrace. Approved on 11/20.
  • 5617 23rd Street North, a Semi-detached project in an R-6 zoning district in Tuckahoe Village/Leeway. Approved on 12/13.
  • 2111 N Uhle Street, a Six-Plex in an R-6 zoning district in North Highland. Approved on 12/13.
  • 735 N George Mason Drive, Townhomes (3 units) in an R-6 zoning district in Bluemont. Approved on 12/22.
  • 3014 7th Street North, Townhouses (3 units), in an R-6 zoning district in Lyon Park. Approved on 12/22.
  • 4610 17th Street North, Six-Plex in an R-6 zoning district in Waverly Hills. Approved 12/22.

Summary of EHO permits approved thus far this year:

[Note: This year is a partial one, from July 1st through December 31st. Permit totals reset to zero in January. In a little more than 4 years, the EHO Cap will disappear, unless the County Board gets rid of the Cap earlier.]

Total issued in 2023: 26 (107 units with a minimum of 1 bedroom each)

Remaining: 32

R-5 zoning district: 5 issued, 2 remaining

R-6: 21 issued, 9 remaining

R-8, R-10, R-20: Zero issued, 21 remaining

Note: There are numerous projects that are in various stages of review and still others that have failed a review or been withdrawn. Please check the County’s website HERE for a complete list of those applications. There are other applications that have not made the review list yet due to incomplete paperwork.

Arlington County’s upzoning program, EHO Development, launched on July 1st. Check out the link below for more details on EHO permits on the interim site: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Building/Permits/EHO/Tracker

MORE COUNTY PROMISES BROKEN: The County’s EHO Dashboard, promised early on, which was intended to deliver comprehensive information on the program, is still MIA.