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Alexandria staff outline Housing 2040 engagement, preservation and financing work through 2026
Summary
City housing staff presented a timeline and outreach summary for the Housing 2040 master plan, emphasizing preservation of aging units, deeper affordability targets, and a phased project list to guide 2025–26 actions.
Alexandria housing staff told the City Council on March 11 that the Housing 2040 master-plan update will continue through 2025 with further public meetings, targeted project work and follow-up analysis through 2026.
The update matters because staff say the plan will set city priorities for preserving older and naturally affordable units, expanding deeper levels of affordability and identifying financing tools that can be deployed as opportunities arise.
Tamara Yovovich of the Office of Housing and Housing Director Helen McElveen described a public-engagement program that began in fall 2024 with a quantitative needs analysis. Staff mailed postcards to roughly 90,000 addresses and ran pop-up events, school sessions and translated outreach in Spanish,…
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