Supervisors approve loan for affordable housing project on Route 7
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 21 approved a $9.7 million loan from the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority to Wesley Housing for an affordable housing project between Seven Corners and Bailey’s Crossroads.
The loan will facilitate the development of Kindred Crossing at 6165 Leesburg Pike adjacent to First Christian Church of Falls Church. The Board of Supervisors approved the project in February 2023.
The new building will have 95 one and two-bedroom independent living units for lower-income people age 62 and up plus 4,600 square feet of commercial space.
The Culmore Clinic, a nonprofit that provides low-cost healthcare, will relocate from its current space at First Christian Church to the commercial space in Kindred Crossing.
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“The loan provides vital local financing leverage that will strengthen our ability to compete for state-level 9 percent low-income housing tax credits during next month’s competitive application process,” said Kamilah McAfee, president and CEO of Wesley Housing.
“This approval represents a significant step forward in our ongoing efforts to create a more inclusive and accessible community for older adults in Fairfax County,” said Mason Supervisor Andres Jimenez.
Nine percent of the residents of Kindred Crossing will have incomes at or below 30 percent of the area median income, 9 percent will have incomes below 40 percent of AMI, 32 percent will be below 50 percent of AMI, and 50 percent will have incomes at or below 60 percent of AMI.
The building will have laundry and fitness facilities and a community room that opens to a patio with cooking grills, garden planters, and walking paths.
More crime to come. And the need for more schools, when our teachers are leaving in droves. Shame on our supervisors.
Dear Shame,
I’m unclear about your comment regarding more crime and more schools. This affordable housing community is for seniors over the age or 62 and will allow seniors, who may have lived in this community for years, to remain and age in a safe environment. There will not be a need for more schools and any crime in the area may actually go down as the residents become active in the local community. I say kudos to the Supervisors.
shame is just being a troll…. no substance or logical reasoning behind what they’re saying. don’t feed the troll.
Shame, are you saying that 62 year Olds are gang banging and having a baby boom?
Sometimes I can’t believe the things I read in these comments.
They will turn it into a flophouse.
Now that is funny 😂🤣
Shame2 isn’t joking. He’s already planning on cornering the market for Viagra in this new senior housing development. He’s already recruiting “muscle” if you know, you know.
I guess the majority do not live in the neighborhood.
Very SAD — know the whole story — Supervisors Do Exactly What ‘They’ Want — Even When So Many Negatives Are Brought To Their Attention.
YUP Seven Corners Is Where YOU Should Be Moving Out Of.
No consideration for the ‘aging owners’ that have lived/owned/paid taxes in the neighborhood.
Rather than ‘cleaning up areas’, from crime and deteriorating complexes–oh well. I guess WE will have ‘Culmore and Eden Center’ connected and what will it be called ‘CEC’.
Read the printed words in the article, even in the ‘original plan’: first ‘senior living’–then–‘affordable housing’–now ‘lower income’ — and last “strengthen our ability to compete for state-
level 9 percent low-income housing”. YUP, low income.
And Of Course, First Christian Church has definitely benefited.
Oh Well.
So you don’t want seniors unless they’re rich, and you don’t want the lady who cleans your neighbors houses or the guys who cut the grass and do all the cheap moving to live nearby? 🤔
Correct. I don’t hire day workers because last time I did, my neighbors cars got broken into the next morning. Quite a coincidence considering it’s nearly impossible to find my little neighborhood. Now, I do all my yard work and fixing myself, unless I absolutely can’t figure it out; in which case I pay a premium to a reputable company that does background checks.
Unwanted guests in low income senior facility shoot cop. Just this morning:
https://wtop.com/dc/2024/02/dc-housing-authority-police-officer-shot-in-navy-yard/
Considering the proximity of this new building to all the crime (see police reports) I don’t think it’s a stretch to envision that crime will take place at this facility too.