Virginia’s 60-day General Assembly kicked off yesterday! With a new Governor and many new faces following this fall’s election, legislators appear more energized than ever to address Virginia’s interconnected housing and transportation challenges. We will be tracking bills on land use and housing, transit funding, and bicycle/pedestrian safety
Category: Virginia
Attend a Duke Street community workshop!
Alexandria City staff wants to hear from you as they update the Duke Street Land Use Plan.
Be a part of preserving Alexandria’s affordable housing
Alexandria’s Office of Housing is requesting feedback on its draft Affordable Housing Preservation Recommendations and Strategies as part of the city’s Housing 2040 initiative.
Event materials: How New Housing Affects Affordability. Virtual Screening + Q&A with Justine Underhill
This online event focused on the impacts of luxury housing on affordability. We screened “What Luxury Housing Does to Homelessness,” followed by a Q&A with its creator, Falls Church City Councilmember Justine Underhill. Justine is known for her dynamic video series simplifying complex housing concepts with research and engaging graphics. The discussion explored the connections between homelessness, affordability, and new housing, with a regional focus on Northern Virginia, where Justine is an elected official.
Here are a few of the materials we discussed:
- Video: What Luxury Housing Does to Homelessness
- Check out Justine’s website to see her other videos and get in touch
- For further reading: More Flexible Zoning Helps Contain Rising Rents
- The Effect of New Market-Rate Housing Construction on the Low-Income Housing Market
- Supply Skepticism Revisited
Beyond Luxury: How New Housing Affects Affordability. Virtual Screening + Q&A with Justine Underhill
Join us as we explore this question through a virtual screening of the video, What Luxury Housing Does to Homelessness, followed by a Q&A with creator and Falls Church City Councilmember Justine Underhill.
Testimony: Support for rezoning the RiverHouse site to enable transit-oriented infill development (VA)
We are testifying in support of rezoning the RiverHouse site to enable compact, pedestrian-friendly and transit-oriented infill development.
What is your vision for Springfield and Rt. 29 in Falls Church?
Join us to share your feedback on Fairfax County’s Franconia-Springfield Planning Study and their Route 29 Active Transportation Study. Two great opportunities to shape a more walkable, livable future for these two areas.
Testimony: Support for compact, mixed-use, and transit-oriented development on Potomac Yard Landbays G and H (VA)
We are testifying in support of the requested amendments to enable compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly and transit-oriented development on Potomac Yard Landbays G and H.
CSG in the News: Planning commission approves Potomac Yard amendments to enable final development phase
“Between April 2024 and 2025, average home prices in Alexandria rose by 10.5 percent and in that time, over 93 percent of residents making below $50,000 per year are housing cost burdened,” wrote Becca Dedert of the Coalition for Smarter Growth.
Speak up for better transit along Route 7
The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) is conducting a study of the benefits and impacts of the proposed Route 7 BRT that will connect the Mark Center in Alexandria to Tysons via Bailey’s Crossroads, Seven Corners, and Falls Church.