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Fast Facts:

  • Fairfax County was home to 1,160,925 people and had 433,456 housing units in 2024. Since 2010, Fairfax County has added an average of 5,600 people and 1,800 housing units per year.
  • Thirty-one percent of households were renters and 46 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.
  • Fairfax did not meet the annual production target of 4,070 units, with 3,336 new units built in 2025. Cumulatively, Fairfax has produced at least 18,328 units since 2019, short of its 7-year target of 28,490.
  • Fairfax County has not adopted the 2030 COG housing targets but has established a local goal for a minimum of 10,000 net new affordable housing units by 2034.
  • Visit the County's Affordable Housing Dashboard.
Sources: Census Population and Housing Unit Estimates, Decennial Census, American Community Survey (2020-24), and the HIT survey of local jurisdictions.
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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

  • In progress: Fairfax County

Preservation Inventory - Subsidized

  • Adopted: Fairfax County

Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized

  • Adopted: Fairfax County

Rental Assistance Demonstration

  • Adopted: Fairfax County

Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners

  • Adopted: Fairfax County

Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing

  • Adopted: Fairfax 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

  1. Jeffrey McKay

    Jeffrey McKay

    Chairman

  2. Kathy Smith

    Kathy Smith

    Vice-Chairman, Supervisor - Sully District

  3. Rachna Sizemore Heizer

    Rachna Sizemore Heizer

    Supervisor - Braddock District

  4. James Bierman, Jr.

    James Bierman, Jr.

    Supervisor - Dranesville District

  5. Rodney Lusk

    Rodney Lusk

    Supervisor - Franconia District

  6. Walter L. Alcorn

    Walter L. Alcorn

    Supervisor - Hunter Mill District

  7. Andres Jimenez

    Andres Jimenez

    Supervisor - Mason District

  8. Daniel Storck

    Daniel Storck

    Supervisor - Mount Vernon District

  9. Dalia Palchik

    Dalia Palchik

    Supervisor - Providence District

  10. Pat Herrity

    Pat Herrity

    Supervisor - Springfield District

Equity Officer

  1. Michael Simms

    Director, Office of Human and Equity Programs

Housing Officials

  1. Lenore Stanton

    Lenore Stanton

    Chairman, Redevelopment and Housing Authority

  2. Thomas E. Fleetwood

    Thomas E. Fleetwood

    Director, Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development