Poor People In Cities Don't Drive

Glad that housing authorities are realizing that there's no need to tack on a $15,000/unit surcharge for affordable housing so that tenants have parking they don't need.

In earlier affordable projects, Dunn said that he hadn’t taken the same zero-parking approach. At the nearby Myrtle Avenue Apartments, for example, zoning required that they build parking for 25 percent of the units, leading to eight spaces. At the price of $25 per month, there have never been more than two spaces rented, said Dunn. The company could have built a bigger playground instead of those empty parking spots. “We’ve felt bad that we built that parking every day since,” he said.