The Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is pleased to announce the availability of up to $12 million* in local and federal funds for the development of affordable housing in Fairfax County. The available funding is provided to further the goals of the FY 2016 Housing Blueprint, consistent with the strategies outlined in Fairfax County’s Strategic Plan for Economic Success.
There are two separate applications:
Responses to Questions on draft RFP for Capital Funds
On June 19, 2015, the Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released for comment a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for a total of up to $12 million in local and federal funds for affordable housing development. HCD hosted a “Developer Dialogue” on June 22, and received comments and questions through June 29. The responses to questions received during the comment period, including at the Developer Dialogue event, are available here.
PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS
Request for Proposals (RFP) for up to 75 Project Based Voucher Applications – Deadline September 1, 2015
HCD is also pleased to announce the availability of up to 75 federal Project Based Vouchers. This is a separate competition from that being held for the capital funds described above. The vouchers will be for existing scattered site or multi-family developments or acquisitions consistent with the Housing Blueprint. Priority needs include, but are not limited to, extremely low-income and homeless families and veterans, youth aging out of foster care, victims of domestic violence and persons with disabilities.
The application materials for the Project Based Voucher competition may be found here. Applications are due no later than 4 p.m. on September 1st, 2015.
PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE
A pre-proposal conference on both application processes will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, July 10, 2015 in the HCD Center Conference Room, in the Offices of the Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), 3700 Pender Drive, Fairfax. SPACE IS LIMITED – Please RSVP by email to rha@fairfaxcounty.gov no later than July 8, 2015.
More than 1,200 affordable housing and community development industry members united at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. for a day of collaboration, innovation and transformation. Themed “Connected Region, Connected Future,” this dynamic meeting:
To kick the day off, the Greater Washington Housing Leaders Group (GWHLG), a collaborative of public and private sector stakeholders moved to action about the housing affordability crisis in the Washington, D.C. region and its potential impact on our economy and quality of life in the future hosted the interactive plenary “Regional Strategies to Increase Affordable Housing Development and Preservation in the Greater Washington Area.” The engaged panel consisted of a never-before-seen cadre of elected officials from municipalities in the region, business leaders and academics who sought to start the conversation around regionalism, a cross-jurisdictional strategy to build and preserve affordable housing. Informed by a George Mason University Center for Regional Analysis forecast, The Washington Regions Future Housing Needs: 2023 and the paper commissioned by Enterprise Community Partners, Call the Question: Will the Greater Washington Region Collaborate and Invest to Solve Its Affordable Housing Shortage, the conversation proved to be a rousing interaction as panelists and presenters went in-depth on the importance of community and political will to create and preserve affordable housing. Today 250,000 households are paying more than half their income on housing, but by 2023 – that number will grow to 400,000 as new households with low-incomes will be added to the region.
The Awards Ceremony and Keynote Address were equally engaging as HAND started the afternoon luncheon off by honoring affordable housing leaders and innovative housing communities in the region with its 2015 Housing Achievement Awards:
….and this year’s Children’s Art Contest First Place Entry….
Community Solutions President and Founder Rosanne Haggerty’s keynote address reminded the participants that by bringing everyone to the table at once, innovative solutions to building challenges can be addressed early in the development process. True collaboration leads to true success:
“Imagine if it always worked this way. Imagine if developers, governments and philanthropic agents saw themselves as part of a shared system with a shared aim. What if, instead of asking, “What would it take to get another deal done?” we asked, “How many apartments would it take to end veteran homelessness, and what’s the straightest line to that outcome?”
Haggerty is a force behind local supportive housing developments like the John and Jill Ker Conway Residence currently under construction on North Capitol St. in Northeast D.C., as well as key national initiatives like the 100,000 Homes Campaign and the current Zero: 2016 effort.
We would like to thank all of our sponsors, guests, and partners for making this year such a success and look forward to seeing you next year for our 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting!
Featured media articles:
Washington Post: New Jobs Jobs in Region Will Boost Number of Low Income Household, Study Says
DC Curbed: By 2023, the D.C. Region Will Have 410,380 New Households
NonProfit Quarterly: The Nonprofit Agenda for Regional Affordable Housing: An Advocacy Manifesto
View all the photos of the day! Visit our Flickr page.
Homes for America takes its motto “Creating Communities, Enriching Lives” to heart. Whether it’s a lease-to-purchase property or an affordable community that serves residents with special needs, for more than 20 years HFA has been a partner to people in need of quality affordable housing throughout Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Last year alone, the organization created or processed more than 700 affordable units in seven communities within Maryland….and they are not slowing down. Housing advocates and co-founders Nancy Rase and Trudy McFall have led the charge on legislation, policy and best practices for two decades. With 6,000 affordable units under their belts, the founders will continue to take HFA – and the families it serves – to even greater heights. We are honored to name HFA the 2015 HAND Nonprofit Developer of the Year, and we wish them much success on the next twenty years of service!
Within a five minute walk of the Benning Road Metro Station in Southeast D.C., the residents of Bass Circle Apartments are once again proud to call this 119-unit apartment community “home.” This was not always the case, however. Just a little while ago, the apartment building had fallen into significant disrepair with the owners defaulting on the mortgage and the property only partially occupied. It was then that the residents through their tenant association – along with the DC Department of Housing and Community Development – selected recognized developer Telesis as their partner in the extensive rehabilitation. With an innovative financing structure, Telesis was able to use federal funds and a creative mix of additional resources to revitalize the property, completing the needed repairs as well as other site enhancements such as energy-efficiency measures that exceeded the Enterprise Green Communities requirements. Today, Bass Circle Apartments is once again a cornerstone of the Marshall Heights neighborhood and HAND is proud to call it the Best Large Affordable Housing Project for 2015!
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