The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) is continuing an aggressive push to expand its affordable housing supply with the recent acquisition of land near the Innovation Center Metro station.
The agency announced Tuesday (Oct. 13) that it has purchased two parcels at 3625 and 3627 King Johns Way in the McNair area south of Herndon for nearly $23 million.
A developer is moving forward with plans to build affordable homes in Tysons Central with the support of Fairfax County’s housing authority.
Lincoln Avenue Communities submitted a rezoning application to the county last Wednesday (Oct. 7) seeking to amend previously approved plans for the neighborhood to allow two “all-affordable” high-rises totaling 525 homes on a currently vacant site near the Greensboro Metro station.
Fairfax County is moving through the early stages of an ambitious plan to renovate the Centreville Regional Library and combine it with affordable housing.
During a public hearing before the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 29, more than half a dozen residents offered a range of views on the plan to construct 180 multifamily residential units and community space alongside the to-be-redeveloped library, located on just over 4 acres at 14200 Saint Germain Drive.
Fairfax County has ambitious plans to renovate the Centreville Regional Library and combine it with a new affordable housing development.
But before that project can move forward through a public-private partnership, the county needs to transfer ownership of the property itself: from the Board of Supervisors to the county’s Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA).
Prospective residents can now apply to be considered for one of the affordable apartments currently under construction near the Spring Hill Metro station in Tysons.
The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) began accepting waitlist applications at 8 a.m. today (Monday) for a limited number of units in The Exchange at Spring Hill Station reserved for its Project-Based Voucher program, which subsidizes rental costs for low-income households.
Fairfax County is exploring the possibility of building a new Centreville Regional Library, combined in one building with affordable housing.
“The project could be built through a partnership with a private developer, and it may include new homes and an updated library in one building, featuring amenities for residents and the greater Centreville community,” Allyson Pearce, marketing and outreach manager for the county’s Department of Housing and Community Development, told FFXnow.
When she officially retires next month after 25 years, Cornerstones CEO Kerrie Wilson is confident that she will be leaving the Reston-based social services nonprofit in more-than-capable hands.
With both major projects and a turbulent economic and political climate to manage, the Cornerstones Board of Directors couldn’t have chosen a better successor for her than Shannon Steene, Wilson told FFXnow in an interview earlier this month.
More housing could be coming to the partially finished Tysons Central neighborhood outside the Greensboro Metro station, but it will take a slightly different form than what developers pictured over a decade ago.
The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) has partnered with the developer Lincoln Avenue Communities to acquire a long-vacant lot near the Tysons water tower and turn it into affordable housing.
The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) is moving forward with plans to transform two mostly vacant sites into affordable housing after identifying potential partners for both projects.
The authority approved an interim agreement at its Jan. 22 meeting with True Ground Housing Partners allowing it to commence “pre-development activities” for a 9.6-acre property at 13500 Dulles Greene Drive near the Innovation Center Metro station in Herndon. The process will include a physical site review, community engagement and a financial feasibility assessment.
The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) is starting to test the waters on an initial concept for its plan to replace and expand on Reston’s Crescent Apartments.
Now more than a decade in the making after a previous push to revitalize the Lake Anne area stalled, the redevelopment will prioritize preserving the property’s status as a valuable affordable housing site, while also better integrating it with the surrounding community, according to FCRHA Associate Development Director Thor Nelson.
