Fairfax City Begins Public Process To Identify Future Housing Needs

Press release from the City of Fairfax :

10/13/2022 12:24 PM

The City of Fairfax, Va., has begun a comprehensive housing assessment, with the goal to recommend future housing policies to City Council. The assessment will take a wide-ranging look at recent housing trends and development patterns and provide the foundation for a strategy to build the types of housing most in demand for a full range of incomes and households.

City staff want to hear what residents value and envision. There are several opportunities for residents to participate in the process. Two community engagement sessions are slated for early November, and the project team will conduct a survey this winter.

Community Engagement Sessions

6:30-8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 and Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, 3740 Old Lee Highway.

Residents who would like to attend one of these sessions are requested to register at https://arcg.is/4Oq9D. Space is limited.

The city’s comprehensive plan recommends conducting this type of housing assessment to identify housing needs that support growing sectors of the local economy. The city has engaged Thomas P. Miller & Associates to conduct the housing assessment and to gather community perspectives.

For additional information regarding the Housing Assessment, please check www.fairfaxva.gov/HousingAssessment or contact Eric Forman at the Department of Community Planning & Development.

The chart above shows the breakdown of current and approved housing unit types in Fairfax City. (This chart and others are available in the 2022 Fact Book.)

This press release was produced by the City of Fairfax. The views expressed here are the author’s own.