Accessible Housing

“Without stable housing, nothing else in your life can be stable. Fundamentally, when it comes to building our middle-class, it means building more accessible housing.” -Rodney Lusk

Over his time in office, Supervisor Lusk has aggressively worked to expand accessible housing in our community. From working with developers to advance applications for new development, to preserving existing affordable housing, to exploring the development of workforce housing on county property—the development and preservation of accessible housing has been one of Rodney’s top priorities.

Additionally, Supervisor Lusk has lead the fight in Fairfax County to realize the unique and vulnerable position of mobile home residents by advocating on their behalf and writing the playbook for public acquisition of mobile home parks in Fairfax County.

Finally, Rodney recognizes that housing accessibility can be a challenge across every income level in our County. That’s why in 2022 Rodney supported a $120 million total reduction in County property taxes.

 

  • Rodney led the fight to acquire the Harmony Place mobile home community, recognizing that the systemic challenges within that community could only be overcome through direct intervention. Rodney crafted the offer and led Fairfax County’s effort to acquire the park. When that offer was not ultimately accepted, Rodney built off the momentum that had been generated in order to facilitate drastically needed infrastructure improvements in the park.

    Rodney’s work to protect and preserve Harmony Place set the standard for future acquisitions of mobile home parks in Fairfax County.

  • In his first term, Rodney worked with the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing to deliver a 150 unit high quality senior affordable housing development in Lee District within the Oakwood community.

  • Rodney has consistently made affordable housing a top budget priority. As the Board of Supervisors has considered how to allocate budget surpluses Rodney has successfully advocated for the dedication of surplus dollars to affordable housing. In FY 2023, Supervisor Lusk voted to add approximately $30 million to the County budget dedicated to affordable housing.