Affordable Housing Strategic Plan

(Nov. 5, 2025) The City of Fairfax has completed its Affordable Housing Strategic Plan — a detailed roadmap to advance housing affordability for all residents.

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Affordable Housing Strategic Plan

The comprehensive roadmap for increasing affordable housing in the City of Fairfax. Includes housing data analysis, three main goals with strategies, implementation timelines, and recommendations for policy changes and funding sources.

View Strategic Plan →(PDF, 6MB)
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Gaps and Barriers Report

An analysis identifying where current resources and policies fall short in meeting community housing needs, highlighting challenges like limited affordable housing, funding constraints, and regulatory barriers.

View Gaps Report →(PDF, 1MB)
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Engagement Summary

A report capturing community input from focus groups, public meetings, stakeholder interviews, and presentations with residents, nonprofits, faith groups, and service providers throughout the planning process.

View Engagement Summary →(PDF, 334KB)
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Affordable Housing Survey Results

Interactive survey data from 600+ City of Fairfax residents and stakeholders sharing their perspectives and experiences on housing affordability, costs, and local housing needs.

View Survey Dashboard →

What the Plan Does

The plan provides actionable, sustainable strategies to:

  • Increase the supply of affordable housing
  • Preserve existing affordable units
  • Ensure housing options for older adults
  • Support people with disabilities
  • Accommodate growing families
  • Assist individuals experiencing homelessness

The plan reaffirms the city's commitment to ensuring all residents have access to safe, stable and affordable housing, and represents a critical step toward building a more inclusive, equitable and resilient city.

Community Input Shaped This Plan

This milestone reflects a year of research, collaboration and meaningful community engagement focused on addressing Fairfax's most pressing housing challenges.

Key facts about the community engagement process:

  • More than 600 survey responses from residents and community partners
  • Survey conducted in spring 2025
  • Results available through an interactive online dashboard
  • Housing affordability identified as an increasingly urgent concern
  • Affects renters, homeowners and residents experiencing housing instability

The plan is grounded in robust data and shaped by the voices of a diverse cross-section of the community. It builds on the goals of the city's Comprehensive Plan.

What Happens Next

The Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board, in partnership with the city's housing program manager, will support the implementation of the plan moving forward.

Thank you to Our Partners

The City of Fairfax extends its sincere appreciation to:

  • TPMA — the consultant leading this effort
  • Residents, organizations and stakeholders — who shared their time, expertise and perspectives throughout the planning process

 

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