City of Falls Church
The City of Falls Church is not a tracked project or ordinance within the jurisdiction under review, but rather an external municipality that has been repeatedly cited as a reference and comparator across multiple policy domains.
Beacon Landing
Beacon Landing is a 54-unit supportive affordable housing development co-developed by Wesley Housing and Lamb Center, located within the city. The project drew on 23 separate financing sources, including a $700,000 gap financing investment from the city's Housing Trust Fund in February 2023 — a sum that had accumulated over roughly seven years from cash-in-lieu payments made by developers prior to the city's 2020 Affordable Dwelling Unit ordinance.
- Housing Trust Fund, Process & Application Review
The City of Falls Church Affordable Housing Fund Guidelines were referenced as a model informing the draft Housing Trust Fund guidelines.
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- Review of Draft Policies and Procedures
The City of Falls Church Affordable Housing Fund Guidelines were cited as one of the reference documents informing the draft Housing Trust Fund policies and procedures.
- Continue to Review Draft Policies and Procedures
The Housing Program Manager was directed to connect with the City of Falls Church to understand its selection process and application framework, and to prepare a draft based on that process prior to the May 20 meeting.
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It has been referenced in connection with: virtual/video public comment procedures (October 2025), urban forestry staffing and tree regulations (December 2025), climate action planning (February 2026), green building standards—specifically requiring LEED Gold for rezonings and special exceptions in the private sector (February 2026), and most substantively, its Affordable Housing Fund Guidelines and selection process, which directly informed the development of the local Housing Trust Fund policies and procedures (March–July 2026). On the Housing Trust Fund specifically, the City of Falls Church's application framework was used as a model; the Housing Program Manager was directed in April 2026 to connect with Falls Church to understand its process, and by July 14, 2026, staff confirmed that Falls Church's processes were among those reviewed. Falls Church's housing trust fund balance was noted at approximately $7 million as of the July 2026 presentation, larger than the jurisdiction's own fund balance at that time.