10-15-2025 11:02pm

A Unique Partnership Is Set To Build 10 Affordable Townhouses in Virginia.

John L Williams Editor

There is an Affordable Housing initiative I am involved in up in Northern Virginia. It will lower the monthly mortgage payment for the owner. The owner will be able to live in the area where they work in.

Glebeview Affordable Housing

An affordable housing partnership between Fairfax Presbyterian Church, Habitat For Humanity, Homestretch, And Home Aid.

I am one of the 12 original members of the Glebeview Affordable Housing Team at Fairfax Presbyterian Church in Fairfax VA. I truly believe Housing is both a Public and Private Trust. Public/Public partnerships are the way to go. We as a Church are building 10 3 story Affordable Townhouse Units on the property of the church. We have been able to lease land on the 9.50 acres of property owned by the National Capital Presbytery of Washington DC for 99 years.

After 8 years of negotiations and planning with the Planning Commission and City Council of the City of Fairfax we were able to get our property rezoned. The heavy construction equipment is going to start digging the foundations for those townhouse units at the end of October.

The project is a partnership between Fairfax Presbyterian Church, Habitat for Humanity, Homestretch, a transitional housing agency for the Homeless, and Home Aid an organization that will provide the construction materials and tradesmen.

Two of the units will be known as Scared Homes, a partnership between Fairfax Presbyterian and Homestretch to deal with the issue of Homelessness in our community. The other units will be sold through Habitat. The construction will be through Habitat and most of the construction materials will be dominated by Home Aid.

For more information about the project contact Fairfax Presbyterian Church.

Look for Information and updates at
https://www.fairfaxpresbyterian.org/affordable-housing

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