City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 22, 2026
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
THROUGH: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: HELEN MCILVAINE, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF HOUSING
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Housing 2040 Plan Work Session
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ISSUE: Update regarding the Housing 2040 Plan, including discussion of select issues to solicit Council guidance regarding draft principles and goals, and proposed strategies and recommendations related to topics, tools and targets. Timeline for next steps to move the Plan forward for public hearing this Spring.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council provide Housing staff with feedback regarding the Housing 2040 Plan and its proposed principles, goals, and recommendations.
BACKGROUND: The Housing 2040 Plan is an update to Alexandria's 2013 Housing Master Plan which has guided city housing policies, projects, investments, and targets through 2025 since its adoption twelve years ago. In linking the City's housing supply to its economic competitiveness, the 2013 Plan offered new opportunities for community understanding and consensus building. A mid-Plan Housing Summit in January 2020 confirmed the success of this approach, endorsed the City's commitment to COG's Regional Housing Initiative and its additive affordable and workforce 2030 targets, acknowledged new land use trends, and provided an opportunity for Alexandria to more explicitly align housing goals with considerations of equity and access, values affirmed again through the Zoning for Housing/Housing for All process.
Housing 2040, an update to the 2013 Plan was launched in September 2024 with an assessment of Alexandria's housing needs which identified several key findings and questions, including:
1. Low and moderate-paying jobs within the service and hospitality sectors are the backbone of Alexandria's economy. How will the City ensure its wo...
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