Arlington County
Fast Facts:
- Arlington was home to 239,807 people and had 124,873 housing units in 2024. Since 2010, Arlington has added an average of 2,300 people and 1,400 housing units per year.
- Fifty-nine percent of households were renters and 40 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.
- Arlington did not meet the annual production target of 1,393 units, with 724 new units built in 2025. Cumulatively, Arlington has produced at least 13,249 units since 2019, exceeding its 7-year target of 9,751.
- Arlington has not adopted the 2030 COG housing targets but has established a local goal for 17.7% of rental housing stock to be affordable at 60% of AMI or less and 28.4% of new ownership stock to be affordable between 80-120% of AMI by 2040.
- Visit Arlington's Affordable Housing Dashboard.
Policy Status
Solving the region's affordable housing crisis requires a portfolio of policies to preserve existing affordable housing, produce more housing, and protect people from discrimination and displacement.
Right of First Refusal
- Adopted: Arlington County
Preservation Inventory - Subsidized
- Adopted: Arlington County
Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized
- Adopted: Arlington County
Rental Assistance Demonstration
- Adopted: Arlington County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners
- Not adopted: Arlington County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing
- Adopted: Arlington County
Housing Outcomes
Local jurisdictions submitted data to enable the region to track housing production, preservation, and rental affordability.
Structural Racism
Discriminatory actions and racist public policies have produced inequitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of color in the Washington region, including lower incomes and wealth, lower homeownership rates, and higher rates of housing cost burden.
Housing Context
Understanding how household incomes relate to the supply of affordable rental and homeownership units will inform jurisdictions' efforts to meet the current and future housing needs of residents.
Elected Officials
Housing Officials
Samia Byrd
Director, Community Planning, Housing and Development