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Regional housing assembly urges multi-pronged approach as Stafford faces growth surge
Summary
A regional advisory group told the Stafford County Board of Supervisors that the county needs more housing across the price spectrum — from preserved lower‑cost homes to additional market‑rate units and preservation programs — to handle forecast growth and ease traffic pressures linked to housing location.
Chip Boyles, executive director of the George Washington Regional Commission, told the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on June 17 that the commission’s Regional Housing Assembly is pursuing a four‑part strategy — awareness, a one‑stop housing resource, home‑repair programs and comp plan support — to address a regional housing shortfall.
Boyles said population models his staff used show Stafford County growing from roughly 156,000 people in 2020 to about 211,000 by 2040, which would require roughly 18,000 new housing units in the county to keep pace. "Affordable housing does not equal low‑income housing," Boyles told the board, saying affordability should be…
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