Panel: Build housing in Tysons for the average worker

Experts say the new Metro stations coming to Tysons Corner won’t single-handedly fix the area’s traffic congestion — to really do the job developers need to build housing to accommodate all income levels. That means not just affordable housing for low-income households but residences for the regular Joes who may not earn an executive’s salary but don’t qualify for housing breaks.

“It’s essential to [Tysons Corner’s] success — if you don’t get the housing, I don’t think you will get that economic development,” said John McClain, deputy director of the George Mason University Center for Regional Analysis.