Affordable Housing Awareness Month 2019

P R O C L A M A T I O N

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 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AWARENESS MONTH

WHEREAS, it is the vision of Arlington County to ensure an economically and culturally diverse, inclusive and sustainable community; and

 WHEREAS, ongoing access to affordable housing at all income levels, in the form of both rental and home ownership, is fundamental to maintaining healthy neighborhoods and families and stabilizing our local work force and overall economic prosperity, allowing our entire community to reap the benefits of expanded affordable housing choices for our low- and moderate-income residents and workers; and

WHEREAS, the County Board pursues the preservation and creation of affordable housing through ordinances, plans, site plan approvals, publicly funded affordable housing programs, and other policies and programs; and

 WHEREAS, as a caring community, the County has focused attention on the housing needs of our most vulnerable populations, including persons who have disabilities, persons who are homeless and persons who are elderly; and

WHEREAS, the County Board recently launched Housing Arlington, an umbrella initiative to encourage a more inclusive housing community that takes care of its neediest while providing ample opportunity for its middle class and beyond, one that is grounded in opportunity, stability, adaptability and equity;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Christian Dorsey, Chair of the County Board of Arlington, Virginia, do hereby proclaim the month of October 2019 as

AFFORDABLE HOUSING AWARENESS MONTH

 in Arlington County and encourage all members of the community to join with the County Board in striving for broad community understanding of the importance of affordable housing to our sustainability, reaffirming the benefits of affordable housing as a community value, and promoting affordable housing choices for all Arlingtonians.                                                    

Christian Dorsey, Chair