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Planning director outlines ADU ordinance and $20M Housing Trust Fund; implementation work begins
Summary
Planning Director Tanya Washington briefed the commission on the recently adopted Affordable Dwelling Unit ordinance and an accompanying Housing Trust Fund; the ordinance becomes effective December 1 and the Board set aside $20 million over four years to seed the fund, with the housing office to administer gap‑funding awards.
Tanya Washington, Prince William County planning director, told the Planning Commission on June 11 that the Board of County Supervisors adopted an Affordable Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance and established a Housing Trust Fund as part of the FY26 budget.
"This ordinance still is not in effect right now. It will be effective December 1," Washington said, describing the ordinance’s two core components: voluntary bonus density in exchange for affordable units at 50% and 80% area median income (AMI) and a separately administered…
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