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Fairfax County is scheduled to relocate the Franconia Governmental Center  at 6121 Franconia Road to a new facility in Kingstowne in 2025. Once the new Franconia Governmental Center is completed, Fairfax County has proposed converting the old property into as many as 120 rental housing units for working households. The land at 6121 Franconia Road was transferred to the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) in March of 2021 during COVID. Out of an 'abundance of caution', the Board held another public hearing on January 23, 2024, on the conveyance of the Property to the FCRHA, to resolve any concerns about the validity of the March 9, 2021, public hearing. Because of the opposition to this project at that Jan. 23 meeting, the Board voted to defer a decision on the land transfer until the community has had more opportunity to give their input. 

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On Tuesday, May 21, 2024 the Board of Supervisors voted to transfer the site to the FCRHA. There is more to come in the county planning process (pictured in the jpeg download below).

Please continue to advocate for theaffordable housing at the Franconia Governmental Center.  Public testimony is welcome at the County hearings.  Upcoming meetings include: 

Planning   Commission public hearing: February 12, 2025 at 7:30 pm

register to speak in person or submit a video ahead of   the meeting: speaker   form

use the date February 12, Application number SSPA   2023-IV-2S/PA-2023-00006

Board of   Supervisors public hearing: March 18, 2025 at 4:00 pm

register to speak in person or submit a video ahead of   the meeting:

speaker form

use the date March 18, Application number SSPA   2023-IV-2S/PA-2023-00006

Additional resources:

1. Franconia Housing Flyer (pdf download below)

2. Housing for Working Households (pdf download below)

3. For more information from Fairfax County, please visit: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/topics/Franconia-Governmental-Center-Site

4. Letter to the editor in The Connection, May 1-7, 2024, pp. 12, 23, highlighting the urgent need for additional affordable housing (also pdf download below)

5. Overcoming Community Opposition to Affordable Housing (jpeg below)

6. Five Ways to Overcome NIMBYism: https://www.housingfinance.com/management-operations/5-ways-to-overcome-nimbyism_o

7. Affordable Housing Toolkit from Florida Apartment Association (pdf download below)

8. Announcement of Upcoming Community Meetings ("Lusk Community Response Letter" pdf download below)

9. Virginia Department of Health’s 2015 Analysis of the Franconia Governmental site ("Franconia Station cluster report" pdf download below)

10.  Meeting minutes from the Ventures in Community meeting held on February 7, 2024 at the Franconia Government Center (pdf download below)

11. County Defers Decision on Franconia Governmental Center Property: https://patch.com/virginia/kingstowne/fairfax-co-defers-decision-franconia-governmental-center-property

12. Share your stories about Seeking Affordable Housing in Fairfax County and offering testimony at Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors meetings in February 2025: https://venturesincommunity.org/f/share-personal-stories-about-searching-for-affordable-housing (png Testimony Flyer download below)