November 23, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: housing

Residents fighting plans to designate small private road as only access point to new housing development

#housing, #Lake Barcroft, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #VDOT
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Brooks Place The Virginia Department of Transportation accepted Brooks Place into the state road system on March 11. That’s significant, because it would legitimize Brooks Place as the only way to access a by-right housing development under construction on Sleepy Hollow Road called Hudson Quarter.

Board of Supervisors defers decision on zMOD

#Board of Supervisors, #businesses, #housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #zoning
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After listening to testimony from 71 people on March 9, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors deferred a vote on zMOD for two weeks. The board will discuss the zoning modernization project at its March 23 meeting.  Most of the people who spoke raised objections to proposed provisions that would eliminate the special permit requirement … Continued

Residents speak out against zoning changes that would destabilize neighborhoods

#businesses, #housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #zoning
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More than 40 people spoke at a Fairfax County Planning Commission meeting on zMOD Jan. 28, most of them opposing new rules that would make it easier to create an Accessory Living Unit (ALU) and home-based business.  By the time the public hearing portion of the meeting was over it was 1 a.m., so the … Continued

Board of Supervisors rejects huge mixed-use proposal for western Annandale

#Board of Supervisors, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #stormwater
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The Board of Supervisors meets virtually on Jan. 26. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agreed Jan. 26 to eliminate from the Comprehensive Plan work program for 2021 a huge 575-unit mixed-use project proposed for western Annandale. That project would have been located on Little River Turnpike between Hummer Road and Woodland Road.

Lake Barcroft, Malbrook residents oppose access plan for new houses on Sleepy Hollow Road

#development, #housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #transportation, #VDOT
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The future site of a new housing development on Sleepy Hollow Road. [Larry Golfer] Residents of Lake Barcroft and the Malbrook community are concerned that a new housing development under construction on Sleepy Hollow Road would bring more traffic to neighborhood streets. The Gulick Group has begun clearing land and plans to build 18 new … Continued

Northern Virginia has a worse housing burden for low-income families than any other U.S. metro area

#Annandale, #economy, #families, #housing
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The average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in this Annandale complex is $1,800 a month. Northern Virginia has the highest rate of severe housing burden among low-income households, compared to the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, state a new report. According to “Unequal Burden” the latest report from the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia’s Insight … Continued

Proposed rule change would allow Fairfax County developers to provide fewer affordable housing units

#development, #housing, #Planning Commission, #zoning
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The Avalon Mosaic apartments in Merrifield have a few WDUs available. [Mosaic District] Fairfax County planners are proposing a new way to determine how rental workforce dwelling units (WDUs) should be calculated.  The county’s WDU policy allows housing developers to receive a density bonus in the form of additional market-rate units to offset the cost … Continued