>> The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors increased the
county s goal to produce a minimum of 10,000 new units of
housing for households with low and moderate incomes by 2034.
>> We believe in Fairfax County that affordable housing is a
priority because we want to uplift all people and give all
people opportunities to be successful in Fairfax County.
We have passed the One Fairfax initiative that ensures that we
are promoting equity in the County and that means equity in
housing as well.
>> Over the last two years Fairfax County has made
extraordinary progress in keeping our promise to advance
the creation of affordable housing opportunities in every
corner of the County. Our work towards achieving this goal
involves three primary strategies: Developing housing
on public lands through the use of public-private partnerships.
Investing local, state, and federal resources to support
non- and for-profit developments. And, implementing
inclusionary zoning policies and programs that encourage our
market-rate developers to commit a certain percentage of
the units they build to be affordable to households with
lower incomes.
>> Public-Private Partnerships are a key to Fairfax County s
success when it comes to building affordable housing.
Through these partnerships, the county joins with housing
developers to deliver committed affordable housing on
county-owned land. The homes are built, owned, and operated
by the developer, but Fairfax County owns the land and that
ensures that the homes on the property will remain affordable
for generations.
We have several public-private partnerships under construction
as we speak.
>> We recently broke ground on Oakwood Senior Housing, being
developed by APAH, which will deliver 150 units of
independent senior living.
Work has also begun on One University, a new
multi-generational community adjacent to George Mason
University in the Braddock District.
The project, developed by SCG Development, will include 120
units of multifamily housing, 120 units of senior independent
living, and 333 units of student housing.
>> And work is nearing completion on the Residences at
North Hill in the Mount Vernon District.
This Pennrose community will include 216 multifamily
apartments, 63 independent senior living apartments and a
12-acre public park.
>> Fairfax County and the Fairfax County Redevelopment
and Housing Authority also administer the allocation of
local, state, and federal resources to help developers
finance new affordable development.
>> A few examples of homes under construction that have
received financing assistance through Fairfax County and the
Redevelopment and Housing Authority include: The Arden,
located in the Mount Vernon District, which will deliver
126 multifamily apartments right next to the Huntington
Metro Station.
The New Lake Anne House, in the Hunter Mill District, which is
replacing 240 apartments of independent senior living right
in the heart of Reston. And The Ovation at Arrowbrook with 274
multifamily apartments adjacent to Metro s new Innovation
Station along the Silver Line in the Dranesville District.
And we recently announced financing awarded to Dominion
Square bringing more than 500 units of committed affordable
housing to Tysons in the Hunter Mill District.
>> To follow the ongoing progress of the Fairfax County
Department of Housing and Community Development, visit
www.fairfaxcounty/gov/housing or follow us on Facebook
@FairfaxCountyHousing.