Supervisor Pat Herrity to fight "boarding house-like" affordable housing proposal
"Fairfax County has an affordable housing shortage. An analysis commissioned by the county six years ago and produced by George Mason University called it “a serious problem” and the county says it likely needs to create 50,000 affordable units by 2030 to enable the likes of teachers, firefighters, hotel clerks and cops to afford to live there.
To address the issue, county officials recently proposed a zoning change that would invite the construction of apartment buildings comprised of efficiency units of less than 500 square feet, most of which would be rent-controlled.
A member of the board of supervisors, however, said he doesn’t think the proposal would benefit the people it’s supposed to and called it the newest in a string of threats to Fairfax neighborhoods.
Supervisor Pat S. Herrity (R-Springfield), has made “Protecting Our Suburban Neighborhoods” a key part of his platform since being elected in 2007. He wrote to constituents this week: “Since then I have been working hard to protect our suburban neighborhoods from challenges including fighting illegal boarding houses, gangs and sexual predators, promoting public safety and keeping our schools the best in the nation.”
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