City of Manassas
Fast Facts:
- The City of Manassas was home to 43,616 people and had 14,621 housing units in 2024. Since 2010, the City of Manassas has added an average of 400 people and 100 housing units per year.
- Twenty-nine percent of households were renters and 52 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.
- Manassas did not meet the annual production target of 124 units, with 78 new units built in 2025. Cumulatively, Manassas has produced at least 171 units since 2021, short of its 5-year target of 620.
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
- Not adopted: City of Manassas
Preservation Inventory - Subsidized
- Adopted: City of Manassas
Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized
- Not adopted: City of Manassas
Rental Assistance Demonstration
- Not adopted: City of Manassas
Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners
- Adopted: City of Manassas
Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing
- Not adopted: City of Manassas
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.
