Arlington County has filed a response to the Missing Middle lawsuit against it. Ten residents are suing the county, arguing that the recently-passed zoning changes known as Missing Middle were approved illegally and would allow development that harms their lives. In a response shared with ARLnow, dated last Tuesday, May 23, the county argues that the plaintiffs
The lawsuit filed in Arlington County Circuit Court last week against Missing Middle housing comes at a conspicuous time for land-use litigation. Shortly after the County Board approved 2-6 unit buildings in heretofore single-family home zoning districts, the Virginia Supreme Court overruled a zoning overhaul in Fairfax County on procedural grounds in Berry v. Board
When you ask open-government advocates across the United States who has the best “sunshine law” to make sure citizens know what their politicians are doing, one state frequently comes up: Washington.