City of Alexandria
Alexandria was one of several communities to receive a grant from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make housing more affordable.
“This is a first of its kind grant funding to further develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy plans, improving housing strategies, and facilitate affordable housing production and preservation,” HUD Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marion McFadden said. “This funding will allow (jurisdictions) like Alexandria to build on the work the Council has already done to advance housing supply through land-use reform, development financing, assistance to low-income homebuyers, and tax incentives for transit-oriented development” among other tools.
Alexandria will share the funding with other jurisdictions to continue work to study and implement recommendations of the Council of Government's Regional Fair Housing Plan.
“Every policy issue we take on as a region, whether it’s transportation, public safety, education, wealth attainment- everything we do as a community, comes from housing,” City of Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson said. “And that’s why getting housing policy right is going to help us be successful in so many other different ways.”
