Current Issues

The RCA board decided that some issues that would be coordinated by a town government should be reviewed to see what activities RCA could begin work on, independent of its work on governance. The issues included: Affordable Housing Advocate extending the Fairfax County affordable housing guidelines to include multi-story elevator buildings Coordinate with Reston Interfaith, which provides our community leadership in affordable housing activities to determine if there were areas, such as issue advocacy, with which RCA could assist Add an RCA director with experience in Affordable Housing. Discuss with Fairfax County the possibility of rezoning commercial space to mixed use (including potentially space in the Reston Center for Industry and Government (RCIG), near the planned Metro stations) with the provision that affordable housing be included Press articles on Affordable Housing Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority Smart Growth America APA-Affordable Housing Resources    GRCC Support for Affordable Housing Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance   Affordable Housing FAQs Fairfax Co. Zoning Ordinance Art. 2, Part 8 - Affordable Dwelling Unit Program Fairfax County Affordable Housing Preservation Action Committee  View Other Issues: Multicultural/Immigrant Assimilation Public Safety     Accessibility and Visitability     Business Development Community Healthcare     Virtual Infrastructure     Transportation View results of Reston Issues Poll held at Reston Festival 2006