Planned affordable housing project in Arlington will be ‘disability forward’

December 16, 2025

Published by WTOP News

Finding appropriate housing if you have a disability can be difficult and expensive in the D.C. area. Melwood is hoping to help change that once the nonprofit converts its Arlington, Virginia, headquarters into a mixed-use building focused on inclusive housing.

“It doesn’t serve our needs as much for programming and the workforce development work that we do,” said Larysa Kautz, president and CEO of Melwood, speaking about its current headquarters in the Aurora Highlands neighborhood of Arlington that was formerly an elementary school.

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